Whether your children are toddlers, parenting never stops. Your responsibility to them is ongoing. Your emotional attachment to them continues indefinitely regardless of how close you are. You may find yourself feeling that you're only as happy as your least happy child. You might link your identity to that of parent, caretaker, or provider. You could find your relationships dependent on the connections of your children. After all, you're the parent. You're responsible. It all falls to you, right? In this episode we explore how to approach the expectations and disappointments of parenting. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Transitions are difficult because they take you from the familiar to the unfamiliar. From safe to unsafe. From independence to vulnerability. In this episode, we dissect the fear associated with transitions, find the clearing around your strengths and how to present them to serve you, and define practical steps for you to walk successfully through the transition to an ideal day without doubt, and dread. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

We have a choice when we get up each morning. We can either start our morning work routine as soon as our feet hit the floor, or we can have habits that make our morning routines inspiring and fun. In this episode we talk about morning rituals that prepare you for a rewarding day and help you manage stress, time and relationships. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

There is work that I do that nobody sees, knows that I do, or likely would think is important. This invisible work is attributable to my professional success, helping me to enjoy more than two decades in the C-Suite of corporate America. In this episode we explore why some of the best work you do will never be see, only realized. Here is a link to a YouTube video from My Channel - The Way a Person Lives – that shows you from my home where and how I do this work >>> https://youtu.be/e1enISNabD8?si=DFDI7fBIEZgCPo2t. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Most strong executive leaders know the cost of being too emotional and have practices to keep their egos regulated. Gratitude is one of those practices. In this episode we’ll discover ways gratitude can open opportunities for you and how to easily weave it into a busy life. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

In this episode, we'll explore what it's like to set goals, have the best of intentions, start to execute on those goals, and then have something completely out of the blue blow all of that out of the water. That recently happened to me with all the disappointments, frustrations and letdown that go with an unexpected setback. This is a difficult situation for me. I'm going to walk you through how I managed through the situation with tools that you can apply right now to any challenge you're dealing with. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Grief is hard. Losing someone you love is devastating. The funeral process is taxing and tiring. In this episode we discuss ways to navigate all of it so that you may be with your feelings and not armor up against them, thus pushing away people you love and burdening yourself with unresolved issues. The goal is to allow all of it to flow through you and not damn up your warmth, love and peace. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

No matter how old your children are, we sometimes adopt expectations around how they behave, how we want them turn out, and how they respect us and others. That is human. We feel responsible for shaping them. Weighing in on this is how we were raised. Some of it is based on how comfortable we are in our own skin. And some of this is based in a need to control. In this episode we are going to unravel the thoughts, emotions and actions behind these expectations and six guideposts to a more healthy relationship with our children and a more grounded perspective for ourselves. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com