Last week I was honored to do a global Cisco presentation to 1000's. I shared essential self-care tools that, frankly, we all need right now.

One simple - often overlooked - tool is: Be Present.

Perhaps it is so ignored because we live in a fast-paced, distracted world — amid of the pandemic.

Here's what being present will do for you…

• Hear your wisdom (yes, your inner wisdom)
• Discover miracles (they happen around you all the time — you get to experience the magic of them)
• Quiet the critic (make room for compassion)
• Ease fears (when you are present, you are not regretting yesterday, or anxious about tomorrow)
• Release the "how's" (another 'future' anxiety causer)
• Experience more peace and joy (hope, too)