by Dr. Susan Biali | Aug 29, 2019 | Blog, Reflections for Your Journey
How do you know if you’re truly helping someone, rather than “enabling” them? Many of us (myself included) think we are helping when we’re actually enabling. Enabling in this context, though the word itself might sound good, means that the things we...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Mar 13, 2019 | Burnout / Workplace, Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey
As a coach I work with a variety of leaders (from mid-level managers to high-ranking executives), helping them to reduce their stress, recover from burnout, improve work-life balance and operate more effectively. Time after time, after I do a little digging, a core...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey
Communication skills are the key to successful, healthy relationships. Do you find it hard to speak up for yourself? Are you afraid of what might happen if you say how you really feel? If you spent a lot of your life around unsafe people, at some point you probably...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Apr 18, 2018 | Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey, Your Inner Life
Who are the people you frequently compare yourself to? If you’re not sure, try asking yourself this: Who have you compared yourself to in the last 24 hours? It might help to think of the last time you checked your Facebook or Instagram feed. Did any updates from other...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Oct 7, 2013 | Examine your life
If you’re like me, setting boundaries can be a scary thing. Perhaps you, too, learned very early on that insisting on a fair boundary got you in trouble, or got you yelled at, or was guaranteed to get you in someone’s bad books (and once you were in the bad books, it...