DRIVEN Blog
The Stanley Effect.
Three Central Tenets, One Huge Inspiration. I’m leaning into my independence and taking creative license this month. This is one of the perks of being my own boss! Not only have I delayed…
Making The Move.
Valuable Life Lessons from a High-Stress Scenario. Have you ever experienced the “red car syndrome”? You know, when you learn a new word, or are introduced to a new dog breed, or are exposed…
Manage Your Stress in 3 Dimensions.
Manage stress in three dimensions with these important tips.
Diametrically Opposed.
Harnessing The Power of Emotional Ambivalence. I’m still haunted. The scene is looping in my mind’s eye. It was my first time seeing the felled trees at beloved Dockside Park, and my viscerally emotional…
Take it From a Healthy Habits Fanatic.
3 Tiny Changes That Will Keep You In The Present. As I’ve been settling into a daily cadence, my well-being has become an effortless endeavor. Okay, that’s not entirely true, but it is becoming…
Install Your Own Daily “Speedbumps”.
5 Easy Moves to Refresh Your Brain. My 2022 focus is considering how to better live my life— both in the present and for my future, wiser self. This aligns with my professional mission: to coach my clients…
The Marathon of Life Requires CADENCE.
I was on the track team in High School. In my senior year we were 6 girls and usually won our meets (Talk about “small but mighty”!) Our strategy was that we would each compete in four different events…
Let The Circle Be Unclosed.
DRIVEN’s 2021 Word of the Year, Space, provided readers with the motivation and the necessary discipline to explore multiple angles of creating space in life. This came in handy for those who were…
One Thing’s For Certain, and It’s That Nothing’s For Certain!
Your Values Could Change. Here’s How to Become Comfortable With Changing Your Mind As Well. Think about the last time you made a well-informed, thoughtful decision that seemed absolutely…
Walking The Talk, And Stumbling
My Real-Time Experience With Neuroplasticity! I’m once again reminded that I’m DRIVEN’s best client. Over the past several months, I’ve been leading lots of DRIVEN to Wellness workshops for…
With Choice, Resilience is Possible!
Being Kind to One’s Current and Future Selves is a Good Place to Start. Way back in July, I wrote about my intentional efforts to extend Hedonic Adaptation. It was a reflection on my delight following my...
Are You Relishing and Maximizing Your Relationships?
3 Steps Toward Better Connection at Work and In Life. I’ve been on an “awed-venture” for the past month, fending off hedonic adaptation and looking at places, things and circumstances through a widened…
Extending The Honeymoon Period
The 3 Ways I Avoid Hedonic Adaptation. Last week I put my toe into the water by spending 2 days in NYC, thereby ending my 16-month exile to Putnam County, NY. My body’s response to this reintegration…
Do You “Stand Under” The Realities of Others?
3 Simple Exercises to Live in Allyship. According to an article published in October 2020 in The Atlantic, “There has never been an anti-racist majority in American history. There may be one today.”
Embodying the Inclusive Workplace
3 Principles For Becoming a Driven JEDI. Take a moment and bring your mind back to right after a team meeting or an event where your team ROCKED IT. It could have been an engagement or a…
Deeper Insights: DRIVEN’s Resources for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and this year, DRIVEN’s exploration includes a cultural assortment of mostly current resources to immerse yourself in, covering non-AAPI…
It's Spring. Be Intentional!
3 SEXY Solutions To Your Productivity Problems! Well, when it comes to productivity, “sexy” might be a bit of a stretch. But since I have your attention, consider how true the following statements are…
Deeper Insights: DRIVEN’s Resources for Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, and this year, DRIVEN’s exploration will include a varied and cultured collection of mostly current resources to immerse yourself in, covering suffrage & equality…
Give Yourself Some Space
Reframing Your Relationship with Stress. Stress is essential to living. Even amoebas experience stress. If you had zero stress, you would merely exist. And while “being more, doing less” is an aspiration…
Deeper Insights: Resources For Black History Month
In 2021, DRIVEN’s look at Black History Month will include a rich collection of mostly current resources on black identity and the subject of diversity for you to discover and immerse yourself…