by Lauren | 27 Mar 2018 | Curiosity, Self-awareness
There’s been a recurring theme lately in my conversations with clients, and it’s this: “How can you take that big idea, and make it smaller?” Don’t misunderstand me: I want you to dream big, huge dreams! Let yourself, and your ideas, take...
by Lauren | 12 Feb 2018 | Curiosity, Self-awareness
(Right after you read this one article, that is.) For those times when you know what you want to do, and you just can’t seem to get off your ass (or onto it) to get The Thing done: a compendium of techniques that actually work. Note: I’m assuming that you have time...
by Lauren | 2 Jun 2016 | Business, Self-awareness
Dear You, I recognize the place where you’re standing right now. It feels like a precipice, or a thunderstorm, or like being crushed under the weight of too many expectations and responsibilities. You feel like maybe, just maybe, your business isn’t going to make it...
by Lauren | 29 Apr 2016 | Self-awareness, Technology
I don’t have an inner critic. I have at least ten of them. Their voices are shrill, thundering, hissing quietly. They say things I’d never say to another human being. Frankly, they’re a bunch of verbally abusive jerks. They tell me all kinds of...
by Lauren | 12 Nov 2015 | Curiosity, Self-awareness
Last night, in the deep darkness that comes at this time of year, I got in the car and drove to an empty parking lot outside of a shopping mall. I circled around until I found the row of large metal donation bins in the corner farthest from the mall entrance;...
by Lauren | 15 Sep 2015 | Comparison, Curiosity, Self-awareness
I’ve spent two years researching, writing and teaching about comparison, and I still catch myself doing it. “She’s so courageous and creative.” (Amanda Palmer, I bow to your naked-and-pregnant-living-statue boldness.) “That level of...
