Learning to Live with my Anxiety
Tammy Brimner Tammy Brimner

Learning to Live with my Anxiety

In between these two extremes of “don’t feed’ and “don’t avoid”, I needed to find the happy medium in between. But where is that happy medium in between?

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Missing the Trees for the Forest
Tammy Brimner Tammy Brimner

Missing the Trees for the Forest

I had a number of new experiences over the weekend of August 7, 2022 which I hope to never have again. Some tell me it was a rite of passage. Others tell me they feel my pain. But there is something for leaders to think about in all of this.

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Challenging the Typical
Tammy Brimner Tammy Brimner

Challenging the Typical

As I continued to recover from my MTB crash, I kept having new experiences which provided insights into what is not typical for me, but might be typical for others. I found a leadership lesson here as well which I will share.

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Empathy Up Close
Tammy Brimner Tammy Brimner

Empathy Up Close

As I lived through a number of new experiences where my mobility was hampered, the pain I felt, dealing with different health practitioners, an ambulance ride and an overnight stay in an emergency department, it made me think about what pure empathy is.

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The Beauty of Kaizen
Tammy Brimner Tammy Brimner

The Beauty of Kaizen

During my concussion recovery, different health providers recommended various supplements. I blindly started a couple of new ones all at once….forgetting how sensitive my body is to foreign entries (Maybe I can blame my concussion for that!). I also reduced the amount of one and stopped taking another.

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