Barbara Brooks created Flamingo Strategies LLC to help clients stand up and stand out, through telling and sharing their stories of impact and purpose.
Hacking Away at Happiness is her blog.
All in Mindfulness
The Buddha said that we all are basically good. But we probably won’t believe that until we sit still and make friends with ourselves.
We win. We lose. We root for the underdog. And if we're lucky, we might even nail the landing.
I say I want him gone. But ambivalence keeps me from getting the job done. And my lack of commitment annoys me more than the empty traps.
Why can't we accord everyone in our lives the same presence of mind we give a climbing partner? Don't we all need focused, unconditional support?
Captive to the need to please and the need to know, I had lost touch with my intuition. Evidently this happens a lot. Especially to women.
Why must we label our foibles as failures? There are so many ways it’s good to be bad. Why not have fun?
