Jude Olson

Midwinter signals the year is ending and has us face a transition.  It gives us pause—to walk in the woods or sit by the fire—to take stock of the past year, rest with a long winter’s nap and then begin dreami […]

Your world is closing in on you as you escape into the never-ending synapses of the firing of your brain as fear grips you.  “Am I going to die?”  “Why me?”

I know my husband is beside me as I push him away. […]

Women have always found ways to help each other survive racism and sexism in the workplace by meeting informally outside of work for validation and support. This support might be in the form of listening to and […]

Fear. We’ve all known it. That heart stopping, vein freezing, unpleasant rush of adrenaline that hits us and it’s fight or flight. Fear is fine and natural when you are atop the latest daredevil amusement park rid […]

Do you do your hair yourself?  Do you repair your own car?  Would you ever consider fixing your phone or computer?

We hire all kinds of professionals to help us with tasks in life because they are the e […]

All of us battle with fear in some form. There are many different types of fears, I am referring to the more emotional and irrational types of fears. These are the ones that are usually driven by experience and […]

What are your plans for the New Year? Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet, or are you still trying to eat the last of the holiday goodies before you make that leap? You certainly wouldn’t want all of tho […]

Jobs To Be Done
One of my clients first introduced me to Jobs To Be Done theory, and since then, we have used it as one of the tools to help uncover consumer needs states in certain situations, in order to better […]

I am the woman friends and family say, “Gosh, you are fearless! I wish I could be more like you and just go for it.” I take that as a huge compliment and graciously accept it. I also try to express that I’m not s […]

I’ve decided not to set any goals for 2018. You read that right. Not a single one.

I’m ready to try something different. Instead of setting goals with action plans, timelines and deadlines, I’m taking a new a […]

A number of years ago, I was hitting brick wall after brick wall trying to find a child psychiatrist for my son.  The one we’d had was leaving and returning to his home state, halfway across the country.  A fam […]

This January marks my eight-year anniversary working at MHMR Tarrant.  I was hired as the Program Director for the Youth Recovery Campus.  The Campus provides outpatient substance use disorder treatment for boys a […]

Most of 20th century psychology has worked with a medical model of helping people rid themselves of negative and painful states. Positive psychology, which is about 25 years old, is a term that includes the study […]

Christmas is a time of joy! For me it will always be in the faces that I love and the traditions that transcends generations. My heart rejoices recalling the memories past that light a flame for others and the […]

Life is funny!  We go through so many stages as we mature and when we look back at how we thought the world worked, it can be quite amusing.  I remember being 18 and knowing everything.  All adults in my life ha […]

Investing in markets can sometimes feel like reading tea leaves and just hoping for the best.  We know we need to invest, we want to understand it at a basic level, but there’s just so much in […]

I believe my business is the busiest this time of the year, because people have not been taking care of themselves, the year is wrapping up, they are exhausted and on empty. Conflict in relationships emerge from […]

Isn’t it time to give yourself a coach?

A coach partners with you in a thought-provoking and creative process to inspire you to maximize your personal Life vison and/or your professional Leadership p […]