Boundaries

Meetings! Do you love meetings? Do your coalition members love your meetings? Whether you are scheduling, planning, discussing, hosting or following up on them, meetings are a critical component of coalition work.  In our coalitions, we are focused on getting people to work together toward a common purpose or goal. In order to work together, […]

While a new year often brings new ideas, energy, perspectives and a list of “things to change.” Not everything always needs to change. You may have done some incredible work last year in areas of your life that you would like to remain the same. Perhaps you let yourself go to bed when you were

As we have been reflecting on our four new year’s reflection questions, we are now considering what we want less of this year. If you set a New Year’s resolution or goal and you are already struggling in this area, perhaps your first “less of” is being overly self-critical and adding more self-compassion. Each of

As you reflect upon what is yours to own (last week’s question), a natural next question relates to reflecting upon what you want more of this year. When you take the time to ask this question, we begin to focus and clarify what is really important to you. Once you have gained clarity, you can

This question has become a focus and a goal for me as I begin 2023. In last week’s blog, this was the first of four questions I am encouraging all of us to ask as we begin the new year. For some of us, this is an easier question than others. If you are particularly

Happy new year!  One of my favorite parts of a new year is taking time for reflection, setting new goals and getting a fresh start. We have an opportunity to consider what is most important, create a new ideal week and practice rituals that will support a healthy rhythm. Join me this week as we

Last week, we started the conversation again about “Does it need to be me?” and focused on the reasons we may be quick to say “yes” and take on more than we can handle.  While it is important to understand the why, it can be very discouraging if we don’t have some ways we can

Last week, we talked about thinking carefully before answering the question “Are you available?” As a follow-up to that conversation, another really important question to ask is “Does it need to be me?” Whether you are in a meeting and someone asks who would be able to provide follow-up on an action item OR if

This question seems so easy. We look at our calendar, and if there is nothing listed on the calendar, then we say yes. Right? Or perhaps we have something scheduled on our calendar, but it’s time to write or work on a project so it can be moved. It’s not like we have a meeting

Although the Thanksgiving holiday is over, we can continue to practice thankfulness as we finish the year. We began our discussion on reflection and last week emphasized specific actions that you can take to demonstrate thankfulness to individuals. When we lead coalitions, we have opportunities to be thankful to individuals as well as to groups