Make Your Damn Bed

Today begins the first of the Improvised Improvisation series. Starring me improvising an introduction to my experience with improv in Chicago + how it's (quite literally) changed my life for the bet…

This is the final part of a three part series. Please listen to yesterday's episode before this one!

Feel free to use genuine, earnest real life first hand stories to show and demonstrate your perspec…

This is the second part of a three part series. Please listen to yesterday's episode before this one!

People are nuanced. They can be wrong and right at the same time. Find what’s right before delvin…

Build the connection before you reach for the correction.

a lot of communication does happen non verbally - so offer kindness and listening and empathy through your expressions. If you’re standing, f…

The detour today is brought to you by ADHD.

Today I share the true meaning of "staying present" and how to do so without becoming hyper self critical.

I also share tips on how to stay confident by bri…

Sometimes people will get heated and things may escalate quickly and get tense out of nowhere and we may not even know what or why things are happening this way, but if we create a tool belt of thing…

 The conversational awareness series summary:

Stay present, don’t prep responses. Read the room. Take your time. Not every convo needs to be gossipy and ruthless and petty. Steer conversations more p…

How to tell a better story: Be present, stay confident, get curious and honest.

Then ask yourself: Why this story? Why now?

Is the audience and timing appropriate? Don't derail the energy. Read the ro…

If you wanna have a good conversation with someone, you'll be present, stay confident, get curious, treat everyone like a friend, and focus more on being interested than interesting.

Find common inter…

once you practice aligning your external actions with your internal self-awareness, you will get better and better at creating natural connections, but it can be helpful to know when and how to grace…

BEING INTERESTED IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING INTERESTING.

If you're more concerned with "proving" yourself than "staying present" - you're wasting valuable time and energy.

Competence is proven thro…

Cultivating external self awareness comes from aligning with your internal self awareness and goals. When you know how you are - you can streamline your actions, choices, words, and behaviors to alig…

when your internal self awareness isn't aligning with your external - you can self correct in real time to feel more safe and confident in your personal guidance system. don't be afraid to check in r…

Do your beliefs, thoughts, actions, decisions align with your internal favorite version of yourself?

The more you practice internally evaluating the things that make you feel the best and most aligne…

The key to building self awareness (that doesn't ebb into self-consciousness) is being aware internally of the things that align with you and your favorite version of yourself. Trust that your extern…

Taking an extra second to look back now can save you hours of stress and worry in the future.

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Day one of a self awareness series in which I share strategies and techniques to become LESS self-aware about the stuff that removes you from your ability to stay present and mindful and MORE self-aw…

People generally just want to feel heard and being a good listener is a huge part of that.

Practice waiting to respond, silence allows space for people to continue. Practice making eye contact + repe…

Sometimes it can be the right move to just change the subject. Whether to diffuse, or just escape an awkward situation - learning how to change the subject can help others get out of toxic cycles too…

The more we remind ourselves that we don’t need to be positive all the time, we will realize there is also no need to be negative either - but by relaxing and redirecting to my breath I can remind my…