by Lee Chaix McDonough | Sep 7, 2018 | Adversity, Change, Disappointment, Motivation, Transition
Four weeks ago, I returned to running after a break of over two years. I stopped running shortly after finishing my second marathon, the 2016 Tobacco Road Marathon in Cary, North Carolina. It was a grueling race, with temperatures 20 degrees hotter than normal. I...
by Lee Chaix McDonough | Mar 20, 2018 | Disappointment, Emotions, Happiness, Mindfulness
Last weekend, I attended the World Happiness Summit (WoHaSu) in Miami, and today is my first full day back home. The initial days after a conference or training tend to be a little off for me – I want to implement all of the information and insights I inevitably...
by Lee Chaix McDonough | Jul 30, 2017 | Adversity, Alchemy, Change, Disappointment
This is the third in a series of blog posts about how we respond to adversity and disappointment. You might find it helpful to first identify which one of the Four Faces best represents you, and then dive deep into how your Face is affected by blame. Last week, I...
by Lee Chaix McDonough | Jul 22, 2017 | Disappointment, Emotions, Feeling Stuck
Last week, I introduced a new way of defining how different people handle disappointment, and I shared a typology that I called the Four Faces of Disappointment. I’m going to be honest – I was pretty proud of that post. As the Four Faces model started to take shape, I...
by Lee Chaix McDonough | Jul 15, 2017 | Disappointment, Emotions, Happiness
(Want the TL;DR version? Download a cheat sheet to the Four Faces of Disappointment. ) This week, one particularly disappointing event left me feeling uncertain and stuck for the better part of a day. I was surprised and even betrayed by my own paralysis, frustrated...
