Positive thinking can save us from hell, but often it's not enough to just "be happy" out of sadness. Today Paula takes us deeper into the limiting beliefs to help us crawl out. - InPower Editors For the past four years, I have been studying, writing, and talking about what makes...
When you're leading a team, sometimes it tough to know when you're doing things right. We like Paula's simple descriptions of happy employees because it's easy to recognize success through her eyes. Are your employees happy? - InPower Editor When was the last time you jumped out of bed, excited...
Sometimes leadership advice for career success sounds like so much gobbledegook. We agree with Paula that simple and positive is best, and we agree that Greenberg and Maymin's new book, "Profit from the Positive" offers some good advice to leaders and high-achievers alike! - InPower Editors What...
Moms know how much stress they're under, but what does a non-mom work stress expert think? We really appreciate that Paula took a look at stress through a mother's eyes in today's post where she reviewed the new book by Katrina Alcorn, Maxed Out. Along the way, Paula teaches us all about stress...
You may think you don't want to get fat, but you DO want to be a FAT thinker. Paula breaks down the secret to the brain games behind building a "less stress" life. How many of these games are you already playing? How many more can you learn to reduce the stress in your life? ~ InPower Editors When...
Everyone who works hard dances with the possibility of burnout, and sometimes we succumb. We love Paula's 7 strategies for preventing burn out before it takes over your life. Our favorite? "Get real and go 'there.'" What can you do more of to take care of yourself and hold off the burn out? -...
Is there someone in your life that you need to forgive? Have you reached out or are you still hanging onto the hurt? I reconnected with a friend of mine, who I’ll call Mary, earlier this week. Thanks to a big miscommunication about a job search nearly a decade ago, Mary and I parted ways almost...
There are two questions I get asked most frequently when I meet new people and tell them my story. The first is, “Why did you decide to leave law?” and the second is, “How did you make the change?” I recently got an email from a woman explaining that she was stuck in her career path but she wasn’t...
Three years ago I began my master's degree in positive psychology. My classmates and I, new to each other, were waiting for our first class to start. Everyone was a little anxious because one of us was about to be called on to tell their "You at Your Best" story about a time when we overcame a...
People carry with them a set of rules or beliefs about the way they feel the world should operate. These beliefs are shaped by your experiences, the way you were raised, your values, your friends, popular culture, and more. For many successful women, their deeply held beliefs about how...
