The Soulful Leader Blog
Holding It All Together (While Struggling Inside)
You’re trying to hold it all together while feeling secretly brittle inside. You don’t realize that this lethal combination actually leaves you open to manipulation — and you can change the pattern…
Do Less, Create More
Can doing less in your life, and business, actually create more for you? More income, more impact, more flow, more time, more energy?
The short answer: yes.
Your Busyness is Costing You – What I DIDN’T Do That Changed Everything
Today, busyness equals purpose.
Our calendars overflow, our minds race, and our bodies run on autopilot—and we don’t just tolerate it, we glorify it.
The thing is, it’s a harmful lie, one that we’ve bought into and further.
There’s a healthier, more effective way.
When Kindness Backfires: The Quiet Damage of People-Pleasing
We’ve all done it—said yes when we didn’t mean it, offered help we didn’t have time to give, smiled through a growing knot in our gut.
On the surface, it looks like kindness or teamwork.
Underneath, people-pleasing is a subtle form of fear—fear of disappointing, of conflict, of being seen differently.
Real living begins the moment we stop managing perceptions and start telling the truth.
How to Thrive in a World Without a Map
Our world now runs on rapid change and ambiguity. The old certainties are failing in this world of unknowns.
So what’s the answer?
The Hidden Pattern Keeping You Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Stuck
We’ve all been there – caught in the grips of certainty, convinced that our way is the best way and taking it personally when we’re not heard.
Having Time for What’s Important
Having time for the things that matter requires you to step inside. Away from the belief that you just need to do one more thing.
Beyond Luck: Serendipity
Becoming that person, the one with all the luck – all that info can be found in the first part of this article, “The Science of Luck: Improving Your Odds.”
The Science of Luck: Improving Your Odds
There are two phases to improving luck. The first is learning to be a ‘lucky’ person. The second involves developing the skills to create magic in your life.
5% Increments Fool the Comfort Zone
When we take on too much, too quickly, our systems still need to go through the process of ‘take in and digest’ in order to actually progress.
Stepping Beyond Limitation – How a Moment in the Pool Changed Everything
She said, “Oh no, I can’t use that arm” and in that moment everything changed.
How often do you fight for your limitations without realizing that’s what you are doing?
What might happen if you stopped?
Seeing Inspiration Everywhere (Even When It Feels Impossible)
…the practice created a “delight radar” – the more he studied delight, the more delight there was to study. Delights were calling to him: Write about me! Write about me!”