When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts.” Think about that. It’s brilliant! I wish I’d come up with it. When we doubt our power, when we doubt the thing we know we’re great at, when we doubt what we know is the reason God put us on this planet,...
When someone you love is grieving
When someone we love is grieving, our first inclination is to do or say something helpful. So, we rush in bearing food and hugs, and then we stand there, searching for the right thing to say. And then, because we’re just clumsy about grief and grieving in this...
Super Stressed? Get Grateful.
Did you know that the quickest way to feel better when work has you super stressed is to express gratitude? It is. And it’s easy to do. Open your eyes and look, really look, for the silver lining in the “project that never ends” or the “boss...
5 Do’s and a Do-over
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I don’t. Not new ones, anyway. Instead, I simply remind myself of the decisions I made a few years ago after my husband’s death. I call them my 5 Do’s and a Do-over (because everyone deserves at least one do-over!) and share...
No Is A Complete Sentence
Have you ever set aside time to work on a big project only to have a colleague burst into your office the moment you start to dig in and say, “Hey! Have you got time for a quick meeting?” I’m willing to bet you have. I have. And what I want to know is, what did you...About Susan
Susan McCorkindale is a motivational TEDx Speaker, author of two amazon bestselling memoirs, and host of the online series, “Flaws Are the New Black.”
Her first book, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl, chronicles her move – with her husband and two sons – from suburban New Jersey to a 500-acre beef cattle farm in the wilds of Virginia. Her follow-up, 500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl, is both heartbreaking and side-splittingly funny as our favorite fake farm girl navigates her husband’s very real cancer diagnosis.
A popular keynote speaker known for her high-energy, humorous, and captivating presentations, Susan speaks frequently on the topics of resilience, grief, and the role of humor in helping people bounce back and stay back.