What’s your JOY factor? Do you believe joy is even possible? Today’s blog requires each of us to take that look in the mirror and tell ourselves the truth. That’s never easy. However, it can always lead to new insights and growth if you are...
When Evelyn and I decided to hike the Inca Trail, I knew it would be a beautiful, outside-of-my-comfort-zone, amazing experience! After booking our trek, I started researching it, and soon realized it would also be challenging. Everyone talked about how long and tough day two...
Thank you to Michelle Belsey, High5's Chief Officer of GSH, for this week's contribution! This last weekend I attended an event called Chicago Gourmet. It was a weekend-long extravaganza for foodies that also included a plethora of wines and spirits. It was an amazing experience that...
Thank you to Vicki Werling, Life Coach, and Trainer Extraordinaire, for this contribution! With August behind us, I'm reminded that the end of summer is drawing near. A change in seasons is heading our way, and I couldn’t be more excited! I love the crisp fall...
I will forewarn you that I may step on some toes with this post - including my own. I’ve done an informal, non-scientific study on social media posts and the results were staggering. I encourage you to replicate this study for yourself. A couple weeks ago...
You get a call from one of your team members on a Tuesday evening that her mom had a heart attack and is going in for emergency heart surgery. Maybe someone from your team walks in on a Thursday morning and tells you she just...
Thank you to High5 team member, Chad Snead, for this great insight! Today I’m taking the opportunity to write about something we all experience in the workplace, and many of us even work to avoid it - conflict. I’m sure everyone is familiar with conflict in...
When we were young, we were taught to color inside the lines. We learned the rules that would keep us out of trouble, and sometimes following them, even earned us praise. All of those rules came from outside of us. It could have been a...
I feel frustrated more often than I like to admit. It’s an emotion that most of us experience daily in some way. What I know to be true for me is that staying in my frustration doesn’t help me, and in fact, slows my progress. The...
If You Don’t Take Care of Your Body, Your Doctor Will These words of wisdom were spoken by an inspirational 75-year-old man who I met on a hike recently. The truth of that statement hit home. Which is better, me taking care of my body, or...