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Pause and Reflect: What Will You Stop, Start, Continue?
Karen Colligan, Goal setting, Life, Personal development, Planning, self-awareness, life, personal development plan, 0Year end is a great time for review and self-reflection. While we often consider this as a time to...
Boost Your Confidence with a Power Pose
Karen Colligan, Communication, Learning, self-awareness, leadership, life, 0We all know that body language has a huge impact on our face-to-face communications. Our facial expressions, head nods,...
Charlie Chaplin once said, “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” I couldn’t agree more. In this often...
In the current divisive and rather mean environment, I imagine many of you wake up wondering, “What is this...
Feeding the Right Wolf – Staying Positive in a Firestorm of Negativity
Karen Colligan, Kindness, Life, People, Stress, wellness, life, positive thinking, 0Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the past year or so (and who would blame...
Rudeness is NOT a Core Competency
Karen Colligan, Accountability, Gratitude, Kindness, Life, Personal development, Emotional Intelligence, life, people, 0Is it just me, or does rudeness seem to be on the rise? You walk through an airport and...
Resolve or Evolve? Time to “Shake It Up”
Karen Colligan, Goal setting, Life, Personal development, Planning, wellness, life, personal development plan, 0Chances are, you’ve spent some time since January 1 thinking about and/or talking about what your “resolutions” are for...
Reflecting on The Year of Possibilities…How Did You Do?
Karen Colligan, Bruce springsteen, Life, Possibilities, wellness, bruce springsteen, life, working on a dream, 0Although it seems like just yesterday, way back in January I declared 2017 “The Year of Possibilities.” I challenged...
Setting Boundaries: Saying “Yes” to Saying “No”
Karen Colligan, Health, learning and development, Life, self-awareness, Work-life balance, health, life, values, 0How many times in the last six months have you said “yes” to something you really didn’t want to...
Stop Multitasking! It’s Bad for Your Health
Karen Colligan, Health, Life, Personal development, wellness, health, life, 0Let’s face it. There’s a lot of information and activity out there. So much, in fact, that it’s impossible...
Yes, and…Business (and Life!) Lessons from Improv Training
Karen Colligan, Communication, Life, Personal development, communication, life, 0As a speaker and facilitator, I need to be able to think on my feet. You just never know...