Have you ever lost your job? Cute quotes about making lemonade out of lemonade don't quite cut it when you get the news, do they? Dealing with change is tough, even for those of us who've practiced a lot. We really like Andria's simple rules for handling the inevitable life changes coming our way....
work-life balance
Does Work-life Balance & Success Have a Point of Diminishing Return?
There are many ways to become overwhelmed in this world, and finding work-life balance and greater success are two of them. Dana shows us a mind trick to managing our energy and reducing our sense of overwhelm. - InPower Editors It's summer! Which for many of us means juggling work and various...
6 Lessons Learned on the Work-Life Jungle Gym
Sheryl Sandberg contributed many valuable insights to professional women in her book, Lean In. The one that hit me most squarely was her analogy of a career as a jungle gym instead of a ladder. Truer words have never been written, and I think this is a major contribution to the discussion of...
“No One Likes Me” – Really?
We all know how to deal with rejection - by rejecting it! Marcia does a fabulous job of helping us understand not only why a "no one likes me" attitude can be part of our problem, and she gives practical advice for how we can stop playing this head game with ourselves! - InPower Editors When...
Why I Am A Male Feminist
By: Rob Sterling It's not often a fresh new voice enters the women's inpowerment movement, but today we have one. Meet Rob Sterling, male homemaker, feminist, and advocate for women's and men's rights to make careers out of what makes them happy. Rob believes that powerful women need powerful men...
Ladies, Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First [Work-life 101]
We KNOW we're supposed to take care of ourselves, but we also still too-often put ourselves at the end of our todo list - if not last. Andria gives us some serious reminders of the price we may pay when we don't manage our work-life to invest in ourselves. - InPower Editors You know the drill:...
How to Think About the New Normal and Going Back to Work
July 2021 update: Rereading this with the Delta variant running around and vaccination rates slow around the world, I'm amazed at our optimism almost a year ago. That said, the advice is still solid. - Dana I had a terrific client call today about “the new normal” and how we both hope it’s NEW. It...
Forget Work Life Balance: Seven Paradigm Shifts for The New 24/7 Normal
Is the work life juggle driving you insane? The reality of life is that we have a “new normal”. Five trends create this new normal: Technology enables us to be always connected There are fewer people needing to do more work The speed of information flow globally demands 24/7 responsiveness The...
Does “Life Purpose” Really Equal Life Happiness?
At InPower Coaching we believe that having purpose is critical to both happiness and effectiveness at life - but what if you haven't found your life's calling? The thing you plan to devote every waking breath to forever? If you haven't found a "life purpose" are you destined for unhappiness and...
Why The Woman Effect? Men are Helping Us
As you may know by now, I’ve been on a research quest to understand why The Woman Effect is helping organizations and economies succeed when there is significant presence of women in leadership. My fourth (and final for now) finding turned out to be a happy surprise. In our search for leadership...