Blog | Spencer Snakard

How ‘Tend & Befriend’ Can Transform Your Business (and your life)

by Spencer Snakard | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized

We all know about Fight or Flight, but have you heard about Tend & Befriend? I just had 1st hand experience with this instinct when a new friend from business circles shared that she’s in the early stages of separation & divorce (but this totally applies to...

Why We Must March On

by Spencer Snakard | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

It's been a sobering week. One that could leave us feeling hopeless and victimized. But for me, it is fueling my fire and calling me up & out to forge ahead because it's a reminder of how much work we ALL still have to do. I shared about it here in a video, but...

How to Show Up When the World is On Fire?

by Spencer Snakard | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized

As I'm sure you're well aware, the Ukraine was invaded by Russia late last week. I think that there's a lot of tension and uncertainty from businesses who don’t want be insensitive to the situation or seem like it's just business as usual and “lalala … I’m just gonna...

“They” Say I Shouldn’t Let You See …

by Spencer Snakard | Jun 27, 2019 | Entrepreneurial Success Mindset

I've been listening to Brene Brown quite a bit lately. She talks about a lot of the same things I do, but she found her way to it as a “shame researcher” who had a spiritual awakening when she realized that vulnerability – which she defines as “uncertainty, risk,...

Why You’re Really Shoulding … and how to stop

by Spencer Snakard | May 10, 2019 | Entrepreneurial Success Mindset

Earlier this week I posted about the woes of “shoulding” and said we only do it because we’re getting something out of it. I also alluded to an even deeper layer that I’ve come to believe is the bottom line: the ultimate root cause of our not-enough-ness, and how you...

How Shoulda’ing Limits Your Ability to Make an Impact

by Spencer Snakard | May 4, 2019 | Entrepreneurial Success Mindset

Do you ever find it’s a lot easier to dish out coaching & advice than to live it consistently in your own life? Me, too. Just this morning I caught myself “shoulda”ing. It was over something really silly and totally not important. In that moment of awareness I...

Don’t Let Next Year Be More of the Same

by Spencer Snakard | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

Has the end-of-year shock kicked in yet? Last year at this time as Christmas decorations were going up and daylight was ending by 5pm, I had the stark realization that another year was almost over and ... ... I was in the SAME place as I had been the year before. I...