by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Feb 12, 2019 | Big Ideas, Courage, Fitness, Life lessons, reframing
Many of us start an exercise routine only to find ourselves unable to keep up with it. In fact, around this time of year many people begin wavering in their commitments to continue to exercise. In this article, I share four key mindset shifts that can help you stick...
by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Feb 5, 2019 | Big Ideas, Courage, Fuel Your Passion, Happiness, High Achievers, Leadership, Life lessons, reframing, Self-care, surviving
I recently attended a Women in Leadership luncheon where one of the keynote speakers was Charmaine Crooks, an Olympic athlete and founder of NGU Consulting. Her presentation was inspirational. The idea of never giving up is an important message closely tied to the...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 13, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Happiness, Life lessons, parenting, Self-reflection
One big lesson I learned through sport is to focus on process not on outcome. And lately I have realized how important a lesson this is to teach my kids. As parents, we need to praise the process – the struggle, the failures and the resilience of our...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 8, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Fuel Your Passion, Life lessons, Self-care, Self-reflection
Lately I have been reflecting a lot on the problem of dissonance. Todd Henry talks a lot about dissonance in his book The Accidental Creative and in his podcast episode: “How Dissonance Steals Your Creative Edge” and it really got me thinking about the...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Oct 23, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Positive self-talk, reframing, Self-reflection
Have you ever thought to yourself: “I can’t do that because I’m not that kind of person”? Well, I have and it got me thinking about how I would finish the following sentence: I’m not the kind of person who _______________...
by Jennifer Monahan | Oct 9, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Happiness, Life lessons, Self-reflection
One of my friends sent me a link to a short, 16-minute documentary titled Slomo. If you haven’t seen it, take a look. It’s about a doctor who walks away from his medical career to do what he loves. He had two things happen that drove him to do this: first, he started...
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