Available Doesn’t Mean Used
Available Doesn’t Mean Used Organizations have invested heavily in employee wellness. EAPs. Peer support. Wellness apps. Fitness rooms. Mental health resources. Training programs. Crisis lines. Then we sometimes look around and wonder: Why…
When Should It Matter?
When Should It Matter? Nothing matters until it does. I’ve said that for years. Your fitness doesn’t seem terribly important until you need your body to perform. Your relationships may feel fine until the phone rings with bad news. Your…
Self and Buddy Aid: A Missing Piece of Workplace Wellness
Self and Buddy Aid: A Missing Piece of Workplace Wellness Most workplaces have gotten pretty good at giving people wellness resources. An app. An EAP number. A breathing technique. Maybe a presentation on resilience, stress, sleep, or mindfulness. All…
Fit for What?
Fit for What? Fitness makes more sense when we stop asking how healthy someone looks and start asking what their life actually requires them to do. I’ve spent a lot of my life around people whose jobs required them to be ready to do something. As…
The Things We Carry With Us
The Things We Carry With Us We may behave differently at work, at home, and everywhere in between. But we don’t become different people when we walk through the door. I’ve been thinking about something deceptively simple: Life doesn’t…
The Summer Road Trip Experiment
Six weeks ago, Jill and I pulled out of Wisconsin with our travel trailer behind us and a pretty ambitious idea. We weren’t exactly going on vacation. We weren’t exactly going on a business trip either. We were going to try something. Could…
How are you?
#BetterByFriday – How are you? Over the last several months, I’ve found myself in a season of reflection. I won’t go into all the details just yet. Some of what I’ve been thinking through is still taking shape, and I suspect…
Be One: Becoming the Kind of Person You Want to Be
Be One: Becoming the Kind of Person You Want to Be This week, I spent time with people in very different seasons of life. Some were tactical professionals attending a conference, sharpening skills they had already spent decades developing. They…
Courage Comes First
Courage Comes First I’m terrified of heights. Not uncomfortable with heights. Not cautious around heights. Terrified. Which is interesting because over the years I’ve graduated from the U.S. Army’s Air Assault School, completed multiple…
Good Enough to Move
“We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them.”— Epictetus There’s a tension most driven people live with every day. The pull between:“This isn’t good enough yet.”and“This is good enough to move.” At first, perfectionism can…