The Care and Nurturing of Meaningful Connection

As I headed into my hometown to be with my family for Thanksgiving, I saw a sign at the local cleaners that read, ”Until further notice…celebrate everything.” Amen, I thought. This year, has reminded me how temporary this life is.

While I drove I thought about the 41 individuals ranging in age from two to 82 who would gather around the table. There hasn’t been a year I’ve missed returning to be with them at Thanksgiving. To me it is home.

Just like any family we are a funny crew. We can’t possibly all believe, choose and do the same things. We all have different histories and stories and therefore different perspectives. We are in different seasons of our life. We have grown, experienced setbacks, missteps, pain and loss at different points and in different measures.

But despite these differences, we’re more alike than we are different. At least that’s where I put my attention. Others must too. There’s something that has so many of us returning as our families have grown.

What I’ve learned about family — and relationships in general — is that relationships run on rededication and recommitment. They don’t run well on autopilot. They require investment.

As I’ve moved between two homes and two states these last months, I’ve realized even more the importance of the care and nurturing of our relationships. That we must tend to them continually with love, kindness, and support. Like all living things, they will wither without proper feeding.

This year at Thanksgiving I knew we would all be feeling the heaviness of the loss of our beloved Uncle Ted around the Thanksgiving table. He always created a welcoming, compassionate, judgement-free zone. He seemed to know most people in life are just looking for a safe place to be themselves.

The truth is when we provide a safe place for others to be themselves and allow them to give that to us as well, we experience the true connection we all seek.

I’ve learned that our stories and the events in our lives may take twists and turns that pull our relationships in different directions, but we always have the opportunity to rededicate and recommit to them.

I am more aware than ever that one day these Thanksgiving celebrations will take another form. In the meantime — and until further notice — I will keep celebrating. I encourage you to do the same.

May this season be a time when we refresh the love and kindness we bring to each relationship, knowing that connection not only sustains us but provides us warmth on our coldest days.

Wishing you a season full of meaningful connections. I am grateful for YOU and our connection!

Warmly,

~Rita

Receiving 4 Transformative Gifts Of The Pandemic

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There have been two types of conversations this year. The first is the COVID-complaint conversation. You know the one. We’ve all been a part of it a time or two. It’s when we list off all the things that are going wrong. Anxiety, worry, and stress are at the root of that discussion. The second conversation looks a lot different. It involves seeing the opportunity to declare what you want and bring something new forward. This is the conversation being had by innovators and leaders who wish to make life-changing impact.

Today we’re looking at why the second conversation is the one you want to be a part of. As we wind down for the holidays, let’s find the gratitude in the many gifts that this year has given to us. The truth is, this year has gone exactly as it was supposed to. The question is…will you receive this year’s gifts with open arms so that you become one of the people who expand during this time?

In this episode, I share:

The scientific explanation of what happens to your brain when you constantly complain and sit in negativity
The value in receiving and welcoming the 4 essential gifts of the pandemic
Why rising above the noise and trusting the journey will lead you to become the most powerfully positive person in the room
What it takes to discover and unlock the opportunities that are surrounding you

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About Rita Hyland

With over 20 years of experience as an executive and leadership coach, Rita helps leaders — emerging and established — excel in corporate and entrepreneurial environments.

Rita believes if leaders were more clear about how transformation really works and more intentional about creating what they want, their impact, success, and influence in the world would be unstoppable.

Through her coaching programs, private coaching, and masterminds, Rita shows leaders how to win consistently and create the impact and legacy they desire.

Central to Rita’s work is the understanding that you will never outperform your current programming, no matter how strong your willpower.

When you learn to use Rita’s proprietary Neuroleadership Growth Code, a technology which uses the best of neuroscience and transformational psychology to hit the brain’s buttons for change, YOU become both the solution and the strategy.

Her mission is to end talented, hard-working, and self-aware leaders spending another day stuck in self-doubt or confusion and not contributing their brilliant work and talent the world so desperately needs.

Why You Want A Gratitude Game Plan

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At one point or another, you’ve likely told yourself – once I get this, or achieve this, or experience that, then I will be happy. You convince yourself that if this one event takes place, your happiness will follow. You aren’t alone in this thinking. We’re all guilty of it. It’s what we’re taught by society. You’ve probably figured out by now that it doesn’t work like that. Not in science, not in physics, not anywhere!

What if I was to tell you that science can show you how to easily raise your baseline of happiness by upwards of 25%? Would you want to know how? There’s one thing that can do that. It’s gratitude. Gratitude is what fuels our happiness, yet so many people don’t practice it because they don’t understand how it works. Luckily, science demonstrates its miraculous return on investment. By actually feeling the emotion of gratitude, you hit buttons in the brain that have the ability to get more of what you want to experience.