Adaptive Child or Functional Adult: Who’s Running the Show

Is your Adaptive Child or your Functional Adult running the show?[1] This is a crucial question whether you’re a leader or if you simply face complexity in your personal or professional life. (Remember! All significant relationships are complex circumstances.) The Adaptive Child endures or confronts its world using a fear-based, reactive operating system. The Functional…

Courage is Not the Absence of Fear

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is being afraid and not letting it stop you. Rumi says, “Today, like every other day, we wake up emptyand frightened. Don’t open the door to the studyand begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do.There are hundreds of…

Equilibrium Within Dysfunction

“I need to quit healthcare and find another profession.” I’ve heard several versions of this sentiment from clients over the years. Our healthcare system is out of balance, no doubt. But you don’t need to change careers to regain psychological equilibrium and passion. (And you’re not going to make the healthcare world less dysfunctional either.)…