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The Unexpected Benefits of Disappointment You Can Use to Your Advantage

Written by Maria Connolly on May 17, 2023. Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Fearless Mindset, Handling Change.

Disappointment is a difficult emotion to deal with because it’s painful and generally comes from a loss of some kind. And, for most of us, it triggers harsh, critical, judgmental self-talk. Is that your default setting, too? But the good news is we can turn it on its head and use it to our advantage. […]

Is Lowering Your Expectations the Way to Less Disappointment & More Happiness?

Written by Maria Connolly on October 27, 2021. Posted in Self-Leadership Skills, Stepping Forward.

“People and events don’t disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.” ~ Stephan Zweig Expectations are powerful. Yet they are often a hidden power, because we expect things, without being aware that we’re doing it. We need to bring our hidden, unhelpful expectations […]

Dealing with Disappointment — How to Renew Hope When Expectations Are Crushed

Written by Maria Connolly on June 9, 2021. Posted in Handling Change, Self-Leadership Skills.

“Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.” ~ Eliza Tabor We are the only living organisms on this planet who build our lives around our hopes and expectations. It’s what makes us human. Without hope or expectation, we would be existing, […]

How Failure Leads to Success When You Know this Olympic Secret

Written by Maria Connolly on March 4, 2026. Posted in Controlling Stress, Dream Big - Start Small, EMERGE Method, Fearless Mindset, Life Skills.

Are you drawn to the Olympics? There’s something captivating about watching an athlete stand at the starting line after years of training, setbacks, injuries, and near misses. We see the medal moment. We rarely see the quiet failures that shaped it. Yet, these winners have learned to live the mindset that every failure leads to […]

Why Are People Emotionally Unavailable? And What Can You Do?

Written by Maria Connolly on December 10, 2025. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, EMERGE Method, Emotional Intelligence.

Every so often, a client says something that shifts the room. Not because the insight is shocking, but because it’s so honest it lands in the body before it ever lands in the mind. Years ago, a client offered such a profound truth about emotionally unavailable people. I still think about it today. She said, […]

The Unexpected Benefits of Disappointment You Can Use to Your Advantage

Is Lowering Your Expectations the Way to Less Disappointment & More Happiness?

Dealing with Disappointment — How to Renew Hope When Expectations Are Crushed

How Failure Leads to Success When You Know this Olympic Secret

Why Are People Emotionally Unavailable? And What Can You Do?

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