This week we are happy to share our AW Member Q+A with Alexandra Marchant Ascarez. When I met Alex, she was living in San Francisco, raising three young boys, and dreaming up her business. She attended a vision retreat I was holding in the Santa Barbara mountains. I...

As the winter season comes to a close, it's an excellent time to do your winter reflection and spring planning. Next week at AW, we will be wrapping up our winter session, then resting for a week. For some, that will mean actual vacations, but for others, it will...

Re-align with Work You Love If you need to reinvigorate your work with meaning, gain clarity into your next steps on your current path, or are considering a career change, this is a great journal prompt for re-aligning with work you love. Back in January, I was...

​ Focus is the New Superpower I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase radical intentionality. The first time I wrote it down was last year when I created a slide for the Fall Into Focus Workshop titled Focus is the New Superpower. I wrote that “it takes radical...

​ Productive meditation is not what you normally think of when you picture yourself meditating. During times of my life, I’ve found sitting meditation extremely difficult, so I’ve been known to do walking meditations, and this is even different from those. Productive...

Attention Restoration Theory Professors Rachel and Stephen Kaplan first introduced the idea of attention restoration. Their work in environmental psychology showed that time spent in nature improved concentration and reduced mental fatigue. This came to be known as...

I’ve found that whether you think of yourself as a ‘good listener’ or becoming a better listener is a skill you want to develop, there is always room for improvement. Over the next several weeks, I will be working with our coaches to review listening skills, identify...

Start the Day Out Right I can’t write about starting the day right, without addressing sleep. Anyone that struggles with sleep is going to roll their eyes at someone giving them strategies for a great day when they are starting the day exhausted.  In order to get a...