Six years ago I set a goal to smile at everyone I encountered for 6 months. It was partly a social experiment, and partly an intention to...

Decorate, finish shopping, clean the house, wrap gifts, write and mail cards, attend holiday gatherings, prepare holiday meals and do all...

Sometimes writing a blog feels like journaling. I get an idea and start writing. My writing takes on a life all its own - going places I...

As I look back on the last 10+ years in business, I can say with certainty - it has not gone at all as I planned. Some days that simple...

Sometimes I feel like Winnie the Pooh. One arm wrapped around my body with my other hand tapping my head saying, "Think, think, think."...

As I've reconnected with friends and colleagues lately, we typically take a few minutes to recall the last time we had seen each other....

Students at my daughter's school have the same teacher for two years. When she returned this fall the thing that created the most stress...

Upon successfully fleeing to safety after the threat of an attack, a giraffe will shake. It turns out a lot of animals do this. By...

"I'm just so disappointed. This project has turned out nothing like I envisioned it to be." As the leader relayed his feelings, the...

"This changes everything," my client relayed to me as he finished describing what he had just learned at a conference. "That's awesome....

As a lifelong peacekeeper who is also comfortable openly navigating conflict with compassion, I rarely "burn bridges." So, in those few...

"Triggers are everywhere," my client, we'll call her Dee, observed as we were checking in on her progress since our last session. Dee...

A few years ago, whenever I experienced rejection I felt like I was being stabbed in the heart. Immediately, my thoughts spiraled into an...

A few years ago, I was bustling about my kitchen, putting clean dishes away while deep in thought. We have a sneaky cabinet that's tucked...

When Lewis came to me for coaching, he was tired of being stuck in an unhealthy pattern. There were too many fires to put out at work and...

"Now let's pretend you made me a bathing suit with purple flowers." My daughter instructs me as I play with her. At different points, I...

Early on in my career, I struggled to find places that adequately supported my professional development. As a self-described misfit, I...

Happy June everyone! In more normal times, June is a great month to revisit our plans. It's the halfway point in the year, so there's an...

As a kid, anytime I sat down to take a test I would freeze up and struggle to recall information that I readily knew just hours before....