Posts by Morgan Hendrix
Strength Through Whole-Heartedness
Catch This Week’s Replay: Bringing Whole-Heartedness to Your Life There’s something that powers vibrance. Something we need to cultivate to become vibrant in life. In the next 7 weeks, we’re going to explore some Wild Ideas in pursuit of a VIBRANT life. You may have seen our #BeVibrant theme on social media. We’re getting ready…
Read MoreThe Next 5 Strokes
To set October off on the right foot, I went exploring. Not big exploring for weeks on end, out in the middle of nowhere. But close exploring in a tiny patch of Wild Florida I hadn’t seen in my 33 years as a native. If you’re used to cities having more than 100 people in…
Read MoreHow to Use StrengthsFinders
Don’t let your Strengths languish on a list. Build your ability to “consistently provide near-perfect performance” with a simple Growth Formula. Watch this week’s Free Coaching Replay to learn from the StrengthsFinder 2.0 framework something you can use right where you are. What is StrengthsFinder? (aka CliftonStrengths) There are 34 Themes (what they call…
Read MoreDemystifying Your Strengths
Strengths don’t come with a universal set of labels. You have unique strengths you can grow right where you are. For all the dozens of strengths tests available to us, it can still be tough to get started “living in your strengths.” But it’s amazing what happens when you stop investing time to shore up…
Read MoreCultivating Optimism to Become Resilient
Optimism isn’t being happy, or putting a positive spin on life. In fact, the scientific definition of Optimism borrowed from the field of positive psychology, has the power to transform our experience of life, and bring more resilience to every situation. The Scientific Definition of Optimism Here at Wild + Brave we keep company with…
Read MoreConquering Avoidance to Become Present
We may be able to avoid something for a while…but we can’t avoid the consequences of putting it off. Sometimes we underestimate how much energy we’re burning by avoiding stuff. The choice to “not think about it” takes energy, and we risk fallout when we leave things on the avoidance pile. This summer, since our…
Read MoreTransforming Negative Environments (the easy way)
What if you could profoundly improve your environment by changing the way you handle some tiny things? Usually when an environment is toxic, negative, or stressful for any reason; we pull back. We may compartmentalize our personality, watch what we say, and try to sneak by under the radar. Or we may get on the…
Read MoreWorry ≠ Love
Sometimes we hang on to destructive habits simply because we haven’t recognized that they’re hurting us. Surprisingly, worry is one of the things that we often hold onto. Even though we know it drains and distracts us, maybe even noticing that it adds to our stress and decreases our problem solving ability, we still hold…
Read MoreAdd Meaning to the Mundane
A Month of Being Present Kicking off the month of June, focused on being PRESENT has been a lot of fun. Since being present is a prerequisite to being able to enjoy our lives, it’s a great step toward having the summer you want. Whether peace at home, progress at work…or maybe some play on…
Read MoreWhy People Pay for Coaching
People Hire Coaches Every Day. But why? What can a professional coach do that a caring friend doesn’t already offer? And hiring a business coach – shouldn’t you be going to your boss for that kind of thing? We all have things happening in our lives. Some mixture of decisions that need making,…
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