Wellness and Wisdom Blog

What if the life you were taught to call “success” is completely different from the life you actually want to live? Many of us walk through life with an adopted understanding of what success entails. Is it a certain level of education, income or social status? Owning your own property in a respected community? Having an impressive job title, climbing the corporate ladder or reaching a particular level of financial security? But where did these ideas come from? And what if wha

Sometimes the most courageous leadership decision is not knowing what to build next. It is knowing what must end. I am currently reading Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud, and one analogy has stayed with me: the rose bush. A rose bush does not flourish simply because we water it, fertilize it and admire its potential. It needs to be pruned. Cloud uses pruning as a powerful metaphor for our businesses, leadership and personal lives. A gardener understands that not every bra