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Enjoying THIS moment. Even when…
by Amy Riley
Last week my Dad was in the hospital in the ICU. He thought he was going to die, and he didn’t get any disagreement from his doctors. My family talked about and prepared for his potential death. It was a sad, emotional week. And, at the same time, it was a week full of love [...]
read more>>Where are you coming from Love or Fear?
by Elizabeth Ruske
Recently I was speaking at an event where gratefully the majority of people in the room were highly engaged, but there was a small group that was fairly disruptive. It made it more difficult, not only for me, but for all of the other people attending. Over the years, I have spoken to thousands of [...]
read more>>True Leadership
by Elizabeth Ruske
If you walked into any book store you would see thousands of books on leadership. If you Google “leadership” you will get over 500 Million hits to your search (yes that’s not a typo!). Clearly everyone has an opinion about what leadership is and is not. Well, we do too! When we talk about leadership [...]
read more>>Bad dream and fun game
by Franciska Moors
I woke up this morning with an awareness of some parts of a very strange bad dream. I had dreamt that 2 other persons (colleagues) and I had taken 17,5 million euro’s each from (??…) I don’t know what sort of transaction exactly, but we had kept it for ourselves. And… it was found out, [...]
read more>>Reclaiming my holiday spirit
by Amy Riley
Betsy Sobiech and I led the Tiara TeleConnect on Tuesday afternoon (or evening, depending on which side of the Atlantic you’re on…) entitled “Reclaim Your Holiday Spirit.” One of our suggestions in the TeleConnect was to focus on reclaiming YOUR holiday spirit, rather than trying to focus on reclaiming THE holiday spirit. Here’s why: If [...]
read more>>Your life is a series of ‘defining moments’
by Elizabeth Ruske
In Tiara this month we are asking women to share ‘a’ defining moment in their life. See, we believe every woman is a leader in her own life, and we want to celebrate and honor the choices we’ve made, those defining moments in our lives. These moments can be big or small, made with lengthy [...]
read more>>An Attitude of Gratitude
by Peg Rowe
Thursday, in America, we’ll celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. Gratitude is at the center of this holiday. At this time of year, we have a heightened awareness of everything we are grateful for…our families, our friends, a plenty of food, an appreciation for the abundance in our lives. A few years ago I began the [...]
read more>>Our first defining moment! What’s yours?
by Betsy Sobiech
We are sharing our defining moments on our leadership journey this month. Learn more and enter our contest here! In the meantime enjoy and comment on one of Beth’s defining moments … … I remember being 16 years old and being a very good basketball player for our varsity team. We had an arch rivalry [...]
read more>>Motivating Ourselves with Carrots Instead of Sticks
by Alison Miller
In the last few weeks I noticed a lull in my motivation. Over the summer and first half of the fall, I worked longer hours than usual and was engaged in many projects that required a lot of focus and energy. After this intense work period, I woke up one morning a few weeks ago [...]
read more>>Authentic Leadership: a true story on theory and practice
by Franciska Moors
Yesterday I returned home from a 2-day off site. We, my collaegue Gerda and I, enjoyed a very inspiring time with a group of doctors in search of expanding their leadership in their academic hospital-circles. We explored the concept of authentic leadership, the meaning of it and we also explored different ways to grow towards [...]
read more>>Being critical and upset with my body
by Amy Riley
A couple of week ago I ran the Chicago marathon. It was my first marathon. Overall, I’m quite pleased with myself for accomplishing such a feat! And…at the same time, if I’m completely honest, I was also somewhat disappointed with my body. I thought I could run it faster than I did. I wasn’t as “good” [...]
read more>>Being present – the best present of all!
by Elizabeth Ruske
I have been incredibly busy for about the past 60 days. And, honestly, I also think this may be the most effective I have ever been in my life. Of course I had to ask myself, WHY? Why do I think I am being so effective right now. In the past, I would have said [...]
read more>>Taking a Bite of the Apple, Lessons from Steve Jobs
by Peg Rowe
As I was sitting down to write this weeks’ Tiara Blog, I heard the announcement that Steve Jobs had died, having lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. This news was not entirely surprising, his recent resignation as CEO of Apple signaled that his health issues were quite serious. Like many of you, I am sad [...]
read more>>Being Your Own Best Friend
by Alison Miller
Friendship is something that is an important part of our lives. We give our friends attention, we call, email and text, we get together socially, we seek support in times of needs and help each other, and we offer each other a source of pleasure, companionship and laughter. We count on friendship in many ways [...]
read more>>What you feel is what you get
by Franciska Moors
This week’s Tuesday was the 3rd Tuesday in September. In the Netherlands this day is traditionally known as “Prinsjesdag.” This is the day that the Queen (Beatrix) is voicing her yearly “Queens Speech” and the Minister of Finance is presenting the budget for the next year. The message was sombre. The outlook is cheerless. We [...]
read more>>Learning to let the emotions in
by Amy Riley
Last week I was emotional. I hate to admit it. I didn’t want to admit it. And, I think in the end, it really served me best to admit it. Last week… My kids transitioned to new classrooms. My son into a classroom of 3 to 5 year olds (he’s still 2 for 2 more [...]
read more>>Are You a Role Model?
by Elizabeth Ruske
Has anyone ever told you that you were their “role model”? If so, what did they say about you? Take a moment and think about that! (I’m pausing here for you to think!) If no one has ever told you this . . . that’s ok . . . let’s imagine it is happening right [...]
read more>>Which one is clearer? 1 … or 2?
by Betsy Sobiech
I love going to the eye doctor. I have always loved the eye doctor ever since I was 8 years old and my parents discovered I couldn’t see AT ALL. It’s a calm, relaxing environment where problems are handled efficiently. I love sitting in that chair, looking at the fuzzy gray squiggles on the wall, [...]
read more>>Judge Less, Love More
by Peg Rowe
I was talking to a friend the other day. She was sharing her sadness and frustration about a challenging personal situation. She found herself in the “off” cycle of a relationship that is stuck in an “on-again, off-again” pattern. After trying to make this difficult relationship work one more time, it fell apart and she [...]
read more>>Acceptance revisited
by Franciska Moors
Acceptance. Yes… aahh… I love this distinction! Acceptance (not settling) is the Tiara distinction for this month. And I am playfully exploring it for the 5th time in three years now. I like this distinction a lot. I guess it still relates to my acting – formerly – as a results oriented perfectionist, with a [...]
read more>>Before you ask what’s next, look at what’s been done
by Amy Riley
I think it’s easy for us to constantly be looking at what’s left to do… what we have not yet figured out how to handle… and the gap in all the areas of our lives between where we are now and where we want to be, instead of looking at and appreciating what we’ve already [...]
read more>>What to do when your best isn’t good enough . . .
by Elizabeth Ruske
A couple of times in my career I’ve had a business partner tell me something, well, actually give me really straight feedback, that I simply could not hear at the time. And, truth be told, it really ticked me off! About 15 years ago, a business partner took me aside to remind me he was [...]
read more>>It’s nice we have the weather to talk about …
by Betsy Sobiech
During my college years I worked with at-risk high school students in rural Missouri. Part of my job was driving a large state van on winding roads from school to school, providing tutoring. I worked closely with Vidya, a fellow student who found his way to the Midwest from Sri Lanka. One wintry morning complete [...]
read more>>Ahhhhhhh! The Simple Joys of Summer
by Peg Rowe
I love spring when the earth wakes up from winter and I can see my garden come alive. As spring turns into summer there’s so much to look forward to. The longer days and warm temperatures lure me outside to enjoy all the pleasures of the season. One of my fondest summer memories is taking [...]
read more>>How to Be on Vacation Everyday Part II
by Alison Miller
For the last Tiara newsletter, I wrote an article about “how to be on vacation every day.” Fundamentally this article was about waking up out of the trance of thought that compels into believing that we must be doing something at all times convincing us that we don’t have time to pause or take a [...]
read more>>Confronting myself
by Amy Riley
As I participate in Tiara’s current 4-week TeleSeries “Are you settling?”, I find myself very confronted! We are looking at an area of life where we have a true heartfelt desire and yet are settling in some way. I’m looking at wealth inside my businesses and here’s what I want: I want easy, free flowing, [...]
read more>>What’s next? Tackle another project or light a candle?
by Peg Rowe
What’s next? Tackle another project or light a candle? This month the conversation in Tiara is about Well-Being. This includes taking care of yourself, making yourself a priority, and nourishing yourself. Sounds good, right? Surprisingly, this is more challenging that it seems. Here’s what I know about myself…when my schedule gets busy, I feel overwhelmed [...]
read more>>Better with Gwyneth Paltrow
by Alison Miller
Gwyneth Paltrow. She is everywhere. She is an Oscar winning actress mastering foreign accents. She is in dramas, huge grossing blockbuster action flicks, comedies, and smaller indie movies that are really good even if few people see them. She is on Oprah (okay no more, but she has been on Oprah many times). And the [...]
read more>>Good advice? Follow your own – first!
by Franciska Moors
I left my parents house when I was 18 years old, to live in the city of my university. Today I have two kids. They are really (semi) grownups of 19 and 21 years of age, still living at home. I never thought that would happen. And, as it is happening now, I find myself [...]
read more>>When is it OK to brag?
by Amy Riley
A friend told me the other day that she does not feel comfortable bragging and that she doesn’t think it’s appropriate to brag. Huh. That caused me pause. I wanted to argue, yet I wasn’t completely sure about the point I wanted to make. So, I thought some more about it… As a coach I [...]
read more>>Be in charge of your own happiness
by Elizabeth Ruske
This month the conversation in the Tiara Community is about Alignment; aligning your values, your personal gifts (strengths and callings), and your desires. When we start the conversation, the first place most people go is to think about where they ARE NOT in alignment, i.e., the things that are not working in their lives. And, [...]
read more>>What keeps you off balance?
by Elizabeth Ruske
This past month, Tiara has hosted a 4 part tele-series about life integration. One thing I know is that when I am flexible and go with the flow, I am much more successful at feeling integrated in my life and more “in balance”. So that had me thinking . . . what are the things [...]
read more>>Asking for Help: A Key Ingredient to Life Integration
by Alison Miller
We have been talking a lot about life integration here at Tiara lately. At a time when we women seem to be busier than ever, this focus is so relevant to the quality of our lives. Instead of living in the illusion that we are going to one day achieve balance or get all of [...]
read more>>Maximizing your ROE (Return on Energy)?
by Elizabeth Ruske
Last month, our FREE tele-connect conference call centered on the theme of “ life integration”. How can we, as women, choose to integrate our lives to provide us access to a “feeling” of more time, more happiness, more joy, more satisfaction? Now it’s important to note that integrating things in your life isn’t actually going [...]
read more>>Life Integration
by Amy Riley
Next week Tiara is having a FREE TeleConnect about Life Integration. I’m excited to continue and deepen this inquiry that we have in our Tiara programs. I need the reminder that there is always the possibility to expand what we’re up to without simply adding more hours to the day. I know it’s possible because I’ve [...]
read more>>Mind * Body * Spirit
by Betsy Sobiech
In our culture we tend to prioritize and spend most of our time in our heads, our minds, and using our brains. This is what we’ve been trained to do. I would challenge us today to ask (and answer and act on) three additional questions honestly: What does my body need today to feel good? [...]
read more>>What’s life got to do with it?
by Elizabeth Ruske
My answer to that is — How about everything! You dream about things. You make a plan. You put your heart and soul into it. You make progress. And then . . . . . something throws you off course. It might be due to you or it might be completely out of your control. [...]
read more>>Can I Be In This Moment?
by Alison Miller
Can I be in this moment? This is an incredibly powerful question posed by Debi Kennedy, someone dear to the Tiara community in a blog entry she wrote last week. Ellie, Debi’s 10 year-old daughter passed away January 13, 2011 from a brain tumor. Ellie was just 13 days shy of her 11th birthday when [...]
read more>>Choose LOVE
by Elizabeth Ruske
Today I was going to post a blog about choice – and call us all out to be accountable for all our choices. And instead I made a choice . . . to write a personal story about the beautiful God Daughter of one of my business partners, Betsy. You see, Ellie, passed away this [...]
read more>>If only I could trust…
by Amy Riley
Recently I listened to a smart and talented friend of mine express her anxiety about completing her applications and getting into one of her preferred doctoral programs. I completely understood her anxiety. It takes a good deal of time and effort to find the programs and complete the applications, and I know it’s nerve-wracking to [...]
read more>>Shifting Mindsets to Access Power and Freedom
by Alison Miller
One theme that keeps coming up over and over in my work as a coach with women in our Tiara program is the importance of understanding the fundamental mindset or context that is operating in the background of our lives. While there are many mindsets or sets of beliefs people have about themselves and the [...]
read more>>What’s my value?
by Elizabeth Ruske
I have been in a great inquiry this month to figure out what value I add in a variety of situations or environments. I know I add value – that’s not the question. The challenge is finding ways to describe my value and even quantify it. Sometimes my real value is just being present. And [...]
read more>>Keeping Yourself Motivated
by Amy Riley
I am in the process of writing a book, and lately I’ve been having a hard time staying motivated. (Well, let’s be honest, it’s not only a recent problem!) It’s got me thinking about how we stay engaged and inspired and on track with our long-term commitments. You may have something that you care about [...]
read more>>Living A Life Of Purpose
by Alison Miller
Our purpose is hidden in our joy, our inspiration, our excitement. As we act on what shows up in our life our purpose shows up. ~ James King Over the last year there has been a real shift in my life. It could be turning 40 or having my oldest child turn 10 or moving [...]
read more>>Integration – not Addition
by Elizabeth Ruske
I woke up the other morning and I was thinking about a very basic difference between most women and men . . . I had a conversation with my husband and I realized that he was really good at doing one thing at a time, getting it done, and then moving on to the next [...]
read more>>Loving Who You Are
by Amy Riley
Loving who I am. This often, unfortunately, proves to be challenging. I know there are a lot of redeeming qualities about me, yet I find it difficult in the course of a day to stay present to these. Instead, I’m much more likely to compare myself to others and notice how I fall short. And [...]
read more>>Ask and You Are a Lot More Likely to Receive
by Alison Miller
We all have needs…for love, affection, attention, support, advice, a helping hand. But often we feel we’re not getting enough of what we need, whether from our co-workers, bosses, significant others, children, or friends. Why? Because we aren’t in touch with our own needs, we expect others to know what we need, or we don’t [...]
read more>>My house is a mess.
by Betsy Sobiech
Right now my house is a mess. In 24 hours it will NOT be a mess because company (our much loved Dutch Tiara Program Coaches) will be here staying with me. My messy house situation is cyclical for me, generally on a weekly basis. I get everything aligned by Sunday night, then by Friday it [...]
read more>>The Process of Setting Intentions
by Amy Riley
I know that it’s powerful to set intentions, to tune in with how I want to feel and what I want to accomplish. When I set an intention, I know I’m lining up my thoughts and actions with an outcome I’m inspired about. I’m creating my own self-fulfilling prophecy. It feels great! I have many [...]
read more>>Thank you for …
by Betsy Sobiech
I remember learning to write thank you notes as a kid. I grew up in Iowa, a distance from my Minnesota relatives, which meant that every holiday and birthday I had to sit down and write a seemingly endless series of letters that went something like this: “Thank you very much for the _________. I [...]
read more>>Cooling Off When the Heat Is On
by Alison Miller
Just the other day I was talking to one of the women who participate in a Tiara coaching program. She wanted some support because she was feeling really angry. She told me, “I am angry and irritable and I feel ashamed I feel this way but I don’t know what to do about it.” And [...]
read more>>Professional Women Using the “F” word at Work. . . . I’m referring to the word “feelings” ; >)
by Elizabeth Ruske
Years ago it was simply NOT OK to show your emotions at work. Women who did were seen as weak or worse, incompetent. I remember back in the 90’s, I was constantly being told by my mentor and boss to leave the emotional and personal stuff at the door when I entered my office. Compartmentalizing [...]
read more>>Why are we afraid to want?
by Amy Riley
We hear about the value of vision boards and thinking big. And, I agree. Achieving 60% of a big dream beats achieving 60% of smaller version of the same dream. Actively envisioning what it will look and feel like when you’ve gotten what you want, helps you see and clarify potential actions you might take towards [...]
read more>>What does it feel like to get what you want?
by Betsy Sobiech
Your first answer might simply be “Good, of course.” But let’s look a little more closely. Do we actually stop and let ourselves feel the emotions associated with the accomplishment? Or do we just shift our attention to the next goal/issue/problem and keep plugging away? “Good” is vague; do we pay attention to how it [...]
read more>>Golfing with Monkeys
by Alison Miller
In Tiara this month, we have been focused as a community on what it means to be deeply accepting of ourselves, others, and life circumstances. This form of acceptance that we practice in the Tiara coaching groups has its roots in Buddhist teachings. It emphasizes cultivating the willingness to be present with the inevitable pain [...]
read more>>What moves you?
by Elizabeth Ruske
This month, one of our Tiara practices is to recognize and capture when we are feeling moved. The weekend I began the exercise happened to coincide with my in-laws 60th wedding anniversary. Throughout the weekend festivities we had plenty of time to feel and be moved. And as the month has progressed, I found countless [...]
read more>>Bringing the “Both/And” Perspective
by Amy Riley
I think it’s easy to be cynical and think that it’s not possible to be completely satisfied in all areas of our lives at the same time. It’s easy to think: “If things are going well in my work, then there are going to be negative impacts in my personal life.” and “I don’t have [...]
read more>>Choose Magic!
by Betsy Sobiech
Yesterday on our Tiara TeleConnect we talked about whether or not we believed in magic. It’s interesting because we often engage with beliefs like they exist outside of us, and a conversation about magic can quickly become about whether or not magic exists. That is definitely a fascinating discussion that can lead to lots of [...]
read more>>The “Next” Attitude
by Alison Miller
I am in a new place. After 18 years living in Chicago, I moved to Los Angeles. One of the things that concerned me most about moving to a new place was leaving my communities of friends and my network of colleagues and providers of all sorts of things like eye doctors, massage therapists, pediatricians, [...]
read more>>Are you playing full out?
by Elizabeth Ruske
I coach girls’ basketball — and I love it. I think some of my happiest and most challenging moments are when I am teaching and watching girls try something new and succeed at doing something they never had done before. It is hard to describe the feeling so I will say – I simply love [...]
read more>>Just declare it an “exploration”
by Amy Riley
I’ve had angst about a couple things in life recently. I can’t seem to find an easy way to put cardio workouts into my schedule. The dance classes I like aren’t at times that usually work for me. Then, I’ve been thinking about becoming a runner. Yet, that is all it’s been…is “thinking.” Next, I [...]
read more>>Letting Go of “Stuff”
by Alison Miller
Well it is less than two weeks before I move to California and I am in the midst of packing up my belongings. And one of the things that it is so remarkable to me during this process is to witness how much “stuff” I have been storing in my home…clothes I don’t like anymore, [...]
read more>>Challenge yourself – lovingly
by Elizabeth Ruske
We all know people who are really hard on themselves; no matter what they do it isn’t good enough for some reason. As a parent, in an effort to motivate my sons I can sometimes give an impression their results are not good enough. I remember a few years ago, one of my business partners [...]
read more>>I let it throw me into a tailspin
by Amy Riley
I agreed to design and develop 2 self-study training courses last month. And that agreement threw me into a tail spin! After digging into the training project – and given other commitments I have – I found that the timelines were tight. There was a lot to be done, and at times I questioned whether [...]
read more>>Believing in magic …
by Betsy Sobiech
Today I am flying from the Netherlands through Poland to Chicago carrying two broomsticks. It is easy for me to recognize the unpredictability, hilarity, craziness, miraculousness, and magic of life in a circumstance like this. In fact the broomsticks were given to me by my Dutch Tiara partners specifically to remind me that life is [...]
read more>>Ash and Attachment
by Barbara
This guest blog was written by Barbara Govednik. If tea leaves can give a glimpse into the future, could flecks of ash offer insights on attachment to an outcome? Absolutely. Last month, I was stuck in London longer than expected when the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption hovered thick and unyielding over [...]
read more>>Where are you settling?
by Elizabeth Ruske
I think we all have a capacity to tolerate a lot of things in our life. But what happens when you find yourself settling for things that you really don’t want to settle for? This happened to me a week ago. My husband and I recently sold our house. It happened so fast that we [...]
read more>>Imagine
by Shannon O'Regan
As a young girl, playtime for me included a fair amount of pretend play. With my imagination I often acted out real life scenarios. I pretended to work in an office; organizing the compartments of my roll-top desk, talking on an unplugged Trim-line phone, writing documents of gibberish. There was store clerk pretend too; lining [...]
read more>>Is 2010 the year?
by Betsy Sobiech
I’m witnessing many miracles and seeing clear signs of dreams coming true this year. Yes, I still get impatient (mostly with myself and with time) and I feel like I have huge goals that seem like towering mountains ahead of me. But at the same time I’m hearing of homes being sold, homes being purchased, [...]
read more>>A New Perspective on Forgiveness
by Alison Miller
Recently I had a profound shift in my thinking about forgiveness after reading an excellent book called Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping. For many people his ideas and beliefs about forgiveness may seem “out there.” For me, they were what I needed to hear and in many ways what the author says feels to me [...]
read more>>The secret to an easy life …
by Betsy Sobiech
… is aligning your life with your values, callings, and purpose. Of course you’ll still run into some circumstances that have to be handled, but having your environment, relationships, accountabilities, and conversations all line up with what’s most important to you creates a simplicity, ease, and effectiveness that just works. What have you done to [...]
read more>>Being Gracious
by Elizabeth Ruske
Every quarter I sit down and review my annual intentions and goals for the year. Last week, in doing my 2010 ‘check-in’ I took a look at my values and realized that I wasn’t really paying attention to one of them; being gracious/graciousness. I recently did a favor for someone and it was fun and [...]
read more>>You don’t need more time to accomplish more
by Amy Riley
I’m a mom to 2 young kids, a wife, and an owner of 2 businesses. There are more roles that I fulfill, yet these are the ones I struggle most to balance. In order to balance my life and feel satisfied, I thought that I had to do one of 2 things: Figure out how [...]
read more>>Our Minutiae is in the Sand
by Shannon O'Regan
I have two bamboo plants in my office that sit on my desk. Bamboo is an uncomplicated, yet powerful sturdy plant. These plants are simple, airy, easy to maintain and thriving. They grow with it’s roots gently submerged in water and rock and will sustain in moderate to low light. No fancy soil or food. [...]
read more>>Yep, it’s okay to be happy …
by Betsy Sobiech
I’ve had several conversations this past week with people who are worried, concerned, and nervous because … they are getting what they want! These are people who have job offers on the table that seem like great opportunities — but they haven’t been looking that hard yet. People who’ve just started dating — and already [...]
read more>>The Art of Seduction
by Alison Miller
On Tuesday of this week, Beth Ruske and I led a Tiara Teleconnect on “The Art of Seduction”– so the idea of seduction is on my mind. Why are we leading a session on seduction of all things? We usually think of seduction in a sexual or sensual realm. And it can certainly be a [...]
read more>>March Madness is upon us . . . .
by Elizabeth Ruske
(Yes I will eventually tie this to the NCAA college basketball tournament . . . but bear with me!) Over the past month we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to several groups of professional women in a wide variety of industries. It is really wonderful and powerful to see a group of women come together, [...]
read more>>It’s time to love ME!
by Amy Riley
On February 13, I attended the “Madly in Love with ME” Chicago event sponsored by Tiara and other amazing local businesses. Ever since, I have been thinking about the concept of self love. As I go about my daily routines and interact with people, I see how I can easily love and appreciate others and [...]
read more>>Routine Us Interruptus
by Shannon O'Regan
When I moved in with my now husband 2 1/2 years ago, it took an astonishing six weeks to get use to the commuting patterns around my new neighborhood. Even crazier, I only moved four blocks. It was befuddling to me how a local relocation impacted my ability to be on-time to nearly all appointment [...]
read more>>The Gift of Gratitude
by Alison Miller
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckart I have been thinking a lot about gratitude lately. What it means, how it feels, and how to expand the presence of gratitude in my life. Gratitude is both a state of being; being thankful and [...]
read more>>What if you were granted 3 wishes?
by Elizabeth Ruske
What would you wish for? Every so often my husband and I play an imaginary game of winning the jack-pot lotto of $50 Million or more. It’s funny, once we get past the things we would buy, pay off or donate – we end up with 90-95% of the money left to spend. Then the [...]
read more>>Are you in love with yourself?
by Betsy Sobiech
Are you in love with yourself? Unconditionally? Or are you harsh with yourself, constantly judging and comparing? It’s funny how we often want others to provide us with a deep level of love, acknowledgment, and acceptance when we are unwilling to do so ourselves. Tiara just celebrated Madly In Love With ME day on February [...]
read more>>Acceptance as a key to freedom
by Amy Riley
In Tiara, we talk about acceptance being the key to freedom. If we are able to 1) accept our circumstances and 2) accept our reactions to the circumstances, then we’ll have the freedom to “respond” rather than “react.” Sounds good in theory, yet I’m always one who likes to look at how it works in [...]
read more>>The Gift of Intuition
by Alison Miller
Intuition is something we frequently talk about without really understanding what it is, how we can trust our own intuition, or how we can relate to the intuition others have about our lives. What is intuition? Intuition is a knowing…different from the knowledge we possess already… it is not a knowing that comes from books [...]
read more>>What comes first – changing the belief or changing the circumstance. . .the classic Chicken or the Egg?
by Elizabeth Ruske
Have you ever been stuck in a situation where you just can’t seem to see the way out? The harder you try to worse it gets? You try to talk about it, work around it, apply new strategies, and yet . . . you hear yourself saying things like “… I just can’t get a [...]
read more>>What’s our role in a global crisis?
by Amy Riley
We have all probably recently heard some of the shocking and disturbing details from Haiti. An article from the Associated Press starts with, “The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school. People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of open wounds roamed the streets. [...]
read more>>Everyone Deserves a Snow Day!
by Elizabeth Ruske
Today, in Chicago, Illinois it is snowing like crazy and they are predicting about 10-12 inches of snow to fall. As a kid, I would pray for snow days, but it always seemed that the more they predicted the “big” storm, the less it materialized. As an adult, I still love snow days. This morning as I was leaving my [...]
read more>>“I love my life. It’s 100% aligned with my values!”
by Betsy Sobiech
Stop! Notice your reactions to this blog title. Are you cheering this person on? Skeptical that it’s even possible? Envious and bitter because of how steeped you are in a day-to-day routine that feels anything but inspired by a deep set of values? Motivated that somebody cracked the code? Interesting, right? Although all of us [...]
read more>>“I want my skateboard in the future today!”
by Betsy Sobiech
This past summer I took my nephew William, who is 3, to a great park overlooking Lake Michigan. We had a great time running, climbing, jumping, and swinging. Pretty soon it was lunchtime, and my job was to get the kids home, fed, and napping by their time my sister returned. So as we transitioned [...]
read more>>Getting unstuck …
by Betsy Sobiech
What happens when you know you need to let go of something and you really want to move to a new thing but you feel stuck? To me it feels like the infamous flying through the air on a trapeze which requires letting go of the bar you are swinging on before you can fully [...]
read more>>Where am I already a success?
by Betsy Sobiech
Last night one of our Tiaras, Stacey Schieffelin, President of ybf Cosmetics (www.ybfstacey.com ) gave the Key Note Speech at the National Conference for NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) here in Chicago, IL, USA. It was great to see Stacey acknowledged for being such a fabulous and authentic – business woman. Several times [...]
read more>>Mojo Repair
by Betsy Sobiech
In our June Tiara TeleConnect, we focused on “Mojo Repair”. How can you get back in the flow, in the groove, at ease, effective, and potent in your life?!? Here are the key questions we explored on the call: How do you know when your mojo is out of whack? Are you irritable? Disorganized? Overwhelmed? [...]
read more>>The Universality of our Conversation
by Betsy Sobiech
We took a trip to the Netherlands in May to share Tiara with Franciska, Andrea, Johanneke, and Christine … women we’ve known for years as both business partners and friends. We were excited for the trip because it’s always inspiring to be with these powerful, creative women as well as be in a different country [...]
read more>>If It’s Perfect For Me – It’s Perfect for Everyone
by Betsy Sobiech
In our inspired actions tele-series we are in a great inquiry about giving ourselves permission to feel good in spite of any circumstances. That has brought up a lot of questions for me; like, how do I feel good when there is real sadness in my life? And what do I do when people in [...]
read more>>Feeling inspired? No? Then stop the action.
by Betsy Sobiech
Is it possible to do only what we’re inspired to do? We think so. And there’s are some nuances to the practice to consider. First, what is inspiration? Does it come from outside of you or inside of you? If the answer is that inspiration is (or can be) internally sourced, that means that it’s [...]
read more>>How To Be Lucky
by Betsy Sobiech
For those of you who participated in the Tiara Teleconnect call today, thank you for a fun exploration of how to acknowledge and create more luck in our lives. Remember: Come from the belief that you are lucky Keep it light and fun. Have being lucky be a game Always be willing to “try your [...]
read more>>Feeling Lucky
by Betsy Sobiech
It’s pretty easy to feel lucky when it’s 70 degrees outside on St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago! We’re lucky it’s so warm. We’re lucky we get to enjoy the seasons. We’re lucky we live in this beautiful city that continues to percolate with opportunity. We’re lucky they figured out how to turn the river green. [...]
read more>>Being Bold…
by Betsy Sobiech
This month Tiara is excited to be sponsoring an event by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago called Bold Moves for Bold Women. It has me wondering whether or not I’m bold. There are some people who view my life and would say “absolutely” based on what looks bold to them … starting a business, renting a [...]
read more>>Do you already have what you are looking for?
by Betsy Sobiech
On the Tiara teleconference call on Wed (2/18/09) we talked about how you are the ultimate creator of having a life full of LOVE. There might be a couple of things that are really counter intuitive to the conversation we had, for example: If you want to have love in your life you have to [...]
read more>>Being The Love Of Your Life
by Betsy Sobiech
February is the month of LOVE – and everyone has love in their life. Being your own best Lover is an awesome gift to give yourself. Flowers, candy, romance – sure they’re nice but nothing can top being truly accepting and loving the person you are today. What a great gift! How are you being [...]
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