by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Aug 13, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Courage, High Achievers, Leadership, Life lessons, Personal growth, Working Moms
I love my work. I love my colleagues. But work is a professional environment – one where I prefer to behave in a way that I consider to be professional. It’s not a place where I typically allow myself to get teared up and speak from the heart. But it has happened, and...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Aug 6, 2019 | Life lessons, Self-reflection, Sports
When I was just 17 years old, I learned two important life lessons through my experiences in sport: how to be a team player and the importance of asking for what you want. But this story started four years before that… The Backstory When I was 13, I was...
by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Jul 30, 2019 | Big Ideas, Courage, Gratitude, Habits, High Achievers, High performance, Personal growth, reframing
OMG Brené Brown! I don’t know if you’ve had a chance to watch her new special on Netflix, A Call to Courage, but I’m really enjoying it. In fact, I’ve watched it five times since it came out! If you haven’t seen it you can get a little taste by watching the trailer...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 23, 2019 | Fuel Your Passion, Happiness, Self-care, Self-reflection
Have you ever found something that is disproportionately satisfying? I recently listened to an interview on the Smart Passive Income Podcast where Pat Flynn interviewed Chris Guillebeau, author of Born for This, about his online business success (I am raving fan of...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 16, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Mindset, Relationships
Would you consider yourself someone who says “yes” or “no” more often? Recently, I was listening to a podcast where the woman being interviewed talked about the fact that her default answer to everything is “No.” Her justification for this choice is two-fold; first,...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 9, 2019 | High Achievers, High performance, Sports
We have all choked at one time or another. It might have been on the sports field, while writing a big test, doing a big interview, or giving a speech or presentation. Likely each of us have replayed that moment over and over and thought about what we could and...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 3, 2019 | Big Ideas, parenting, Relationships
Right now I’m working on building my skills as a parent. Specifically, I’m working on developing the skills to use the collaborative and proactive solutions approach to parenting developed by Dr. Ross Greene in his book The Explosive Child. Dr. Ross Greene...
by Rachel Manley-Casimir | Jun 25, 2019 | High Achievers, Life lessons, Sports
We need to lose. This season in one of our tournaments, the team of 13 year olds I help coach finished last in a twelve team tournament. After the tournament, I felt queasy thinking that maybe we hadn’t prepared the players well enough. I ran through the practice...
by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Jun 11, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Gratitude
Today, I wanted to share a story about how practicing gratitude helped my son overcome stress and perform at his best. Maybe it will inspire you to incorporate a daily practice of gratitude into your life! A Way to Cope with Pressure A couple of...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jun 4, 2019 | High Achievers, Life lessons, Personal growth
In the age of social media, it’s easy to feel like you’re standing still while others are sprinting past you. Many people portray an image of themselves as keeping it all together while building a career or business, raising a family all while summiting...
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