Barbara Brooks created Flamingo Strategies LLC to help clients stand up and stand out, through telling and sharing their stories of impact and purpose.
Hacking Away at Happiness is her blog.
Neither of us know how this game will turn out. But in life — unlike in poker — we get to play the same hand, together. So both of us stand to win big.
I suppose it’s okay to outgrow a place, and to not even like it anymore. If we’re lucky, new places emerge and bring us joy.
If you’re like me—and I suspect you are—you have many identities. And you have a lot of stuff that supports your view of yourself. Here’s how to decide what to keep and what to toss.
For niksen to work, we have to lose track of time. If you’re a lifelong clock watcher like me, this is the hardest part!
Hiring my replacement at work has me thinking. About interchangeability and the ways we slip in and out of roles. And how other people come and go to fill them.
For 10 years, I was on pharmaceutical autopilot. Perhaps I should have worried about withdrawal from Zoloft, but I never did. My dosage was so small.
Busy keeps us from knowing what we really want. Busy gives us the illusion we’re important. Busy isn’t something to be proud of. It’s an obstacle that prevents self awareness and real connection.
If God is in all things, maybe I—maybe we—just need to choose a symbol. The ocean. A forest. A tree. And believe in the beauty of that.
We all thought we’d never age. Yet here we are. And If you’re like me, you have have a list of other things in your head that you think you’ll never do.
Life isn’t exactly like the Choose Your Own Adventure book series because we can’t go back for a re-do. But we do have options.
I’ve been noticing how many things many of us count and measure. I know I’m guiltier than most. And I’m thinking we should STOP!
Severance is not only a dark farce about corporate domination and workers who bond in their eagerness to belong. It’s also a commentary on love.
I’m kind of a junkie for long-form podcasts designed to make us better people. But I never thought of them as a drug.
As I spend less time alone, I’m noticing the practical compromises one has to make in order to truly share physical life with another human.
Two years ago, I bumbled my way into a relationship that actually works. I haven’t wanted to jinx it by putting too many certain-sounding words on the page. But now it’s time to try.
If we’re aware of what scares us, and we have a plan, then maybe can find calm in the eye of the crazy storm we don’t see coming.
In order to make room in our lives for what’s next, we need to understand what’s holding us back. We need to understand our WHY NOT.
Stuck is relative. I, too, have cycles of repetition and paralysis. But over the years, mine have gotten shorter. And I’ve learned a thing or two.
Lately my brain and my body are on fire. And so, too, is my heart. So I’m suddenly seeing and feeling details I’ve long been missing. You can do this too!
It will take monumental creativity to craft a new story about ourselves and the world around us—especially now. And we all—every one of us—have an obligation to participate in making it.
