This February feels like September. Not just because the year has already felt lonnnng. But because September is about making stuff happen! And that’s been the theme this month. A renewed energy [...]
I’ve asked myself this question. Every single day. For months. What now? So many of us are repeating it. Aloud. Or in silence. It’s in the tone of clients who phone me asking, [...]
I stared down at my shoes. I knew I wanted to say it. But the words weren’t coming. I could taste the awkward. I began to talk myself out of it. And then I remembered what Krystal said. I [...]
We don’t always mean to do it. We’re busy. Preoccupied with mental chatter, long lists and a buzzing phone. Other times we’re just uncomfortable. So averting their eyes feels easier. But did you [...]
Something sets them apart. Olympians. Wildly-successful leaders. And your zenned out neighbor. That something is rituals. It’s not will power that brought them there. It’s one ritual [...]
Competence has been lurking around in the shadows. Are you ignoring it completely? Or unconsciously gripping onto it for dear life? Either way, it’s time to put competence in its place. In a [...]
We ask it to make small talk. To commiserate. To imply success. “So…are you keeping busy?” Yet in the asking we perpetuate the culture of busy. The culture of more. The culture of speed. I used [...]
If your pattern of giving ends in burn-out or bitter-out, it’s time for an upgrade. As a coach I’ve witnessed over and over how we need clear boundaries to sustain balance. Or [...]
The question hung in the air. I struggled to answer my coach. But that’s not new. Whether asked where I want to go for dinner, or what I want in BIG areas of life, the answer is often the [...]
The question came after a long deep breathe. “How do I know when I’m done?” He was talking about his job. Should he stay or go? Later that week another client asked the same [...]