BWell Blog

Let’s unearth what lies behind building our reputation.  What is it, how do we earn it, and what can we focus on to nourish it?

Reputation:  beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone, a widespread belief that someone has a particular habit or characteristic; quality of character.  Building reputation takes time, effort, and consistency.  

3 critical roots lie at the heart of buil...

It’s the last week of July, how will you end the month?  As I reflect on this past month, I find myself refining what’s most important, right now.  My favorite question from this past week in helping create even more clarity:

 If you were to describe winning in one word, what would it be?

 If you were to zoom out for a moment, free of comparison to someone else’s life (or a previous version of y...

Last March, I found myself alone in my garage staring at an old set of dumbbells trying to figure out how I was going to stay motivated and consistent with movement and exercise.  For over a decade, I’d depended on the energy and peer pressure (the good kind) of a fitness community.  Whenever we are called to create a new way of doing something, we are being invited to learn.  In reflection of the...

“Wishing you a day of remaining in the moment.  Not the past or future or story.  Not your thoughts or anxieties or lists.  But right here.  Right now.  Straight into the center.”  -Victoria Erickson.

There have been a few small changes since March and much remains the same.  Dare I say we have found a groove resembling what feels “normal”?  We reach for masks and our car keys when we leave the h...

She was coaching me when she said it and I haven’t stopped thinking about it ever since.  Crowding out, what a powerful concept, a perfect beginning to the journey.   I was on a call yesterday with a good friend of mine for nutrition consulting.  In nutrition/diet context, “crowding out” is the idea that if we begin adding more of the good things into our diet, versus wrestling with pulling out th...

[maximize] PERSONAL CAPACITY:  Meet yourself wherever you are.  Each of us has a threshold for managing difficult times based on our emotional and physical capacity.  Our ability to navigate challenge is often shaped by past experience, prior learning and adaptation of tools and practices, and greatly influenced by the responsibilities of our personal circumstance.  There is no better time to adop...

Traditionally, Spring Break vacation involves miles and miles of the open road in our RV, s'mores around a campfire, followed by the grand finale, a white water rafting adventure on the local river.  This year, we opt for turkey and gravy instead. 

Although it is the middle of March, we sit down to share a Thanksgiving dinner together.  That’s right, turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes (pretending to b...

Community is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common; a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.  Common attitudes, interests, and goals!   I love this.  What a reminder of our influence and decision in who we choose to surround ourselves.  The idea that we can consciously cultiva...

I couldn’t help but wonder, fast forward two decades would she have even noticed the frog? Or, would she walk right by, consumed by her thoughts, distracted by a tiny screen in the palm of her hand?  When does being curious become something we have to work for?  What happens to the wonder, the what, why, and how.  Can we get it back?  

I was sitting on the second story deck of a condominium we ha...

Do you listen to podcasts?  If you are busy and on the go, it’s a great way to listen to inspiring stories and learn from some incredible humans.  Podcasts are convenient because you are able to start and stop whenever you need to and can be heard on a variety of platforms through multiple devices.  My preferred method of listening is through iTunes in my car during my commute time and on my Bose ...