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Happy JUNE! With Irene and family out enjoying a family cruise, I am searching through her past Shasta Scout Columns to pull out some...

Have any of these questions ever popped in your head: Why am I so exhausted? How can I possibly get it all done? Will I ever get a break?...

Today's blog is all about unplugging. It’s like the writer Anne Lamott once said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for...

The Leaders' Playground podcast with yours truly is LIVE! Find it on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, at https://www.irenesalter.com/podc...

Welcome to the first newsletter from the Leader's Campfire! This area is now much more than just a blog. It's access to all the free...

Between now and August 1st, I’m practicing what I preach by making space to be with the people I love most in the world. I have a...

So many leaders right now are burnt out, tapped out, and strung out. Too much to do, too little time. Juggling too many things. Wearing...

Last week, we dove into what emotions are and the importance of feeling feelings all the way through in Part 1 of When Emotions Explode....

Imagine your car has a custom 25 gallon maximum capacity gas tank but someone sabotaged it to stop filling at 12 gallons. No matter what...

I remember when I received my first acceptance letter to graduate school. It felt like I had won the lottery. And the day I was offered a...

There is so much associated with the holiday season in Western culture. Traditions. Expectations. Emotions. So. Many. Emotions. Here’s...

Rejection. It’s a part of life and often a necessity if we want to make our way forward in this world. For instance, last spring, I was...

When was the last time you got to look down on your life and the world from a completely different perspective? I recently had the...

Navigating a chaotic, ever-changing, uncertain, risky, ambiguous, volatile landscape seems like standard operating procedure for many...

Email Stress The first email was sent 50 years ago. Today, it’s ever so easy for email to become a source of tremendous stress,...

Stacking. Dysregulation. Stress. Recentering. Visions. Armor. A lot has happened since Thanksgiving. My family spent a glorious...

2020 seemed like a dumpster fire of a year for many of us. How has this year been for you? These are the news headlines: COVID. Political...

I was about to apologize to you for not publishing a blog post in the past two months. But I won’t. Passionate leaders often find it’s...

I’m an unabashed Star Wars geek. Nearly all of my favorite scenes in the series involve a Jedi leaning into the Force: Luke is hanging...

The pandemic has disrupted our daily patterns and forced us to change so many cherished traditions. What can be done to create a weekly...