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...

My creative process looks remarkably different when I'm making greeting cards than when I co-create. When I make greeting cards I work by...

I was out for a walk with my family last month. We were at the local museum parking lot, which has many interesting treasures to explore....

I recently served on a team tasked with guiding our co-housing community through the process of choosing paint colors for the outside of...

I once watched a biker crash because they were swatting away a swarm of gnats while riding along a trail. These particular gnats were...

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...

Working with clients across different industries affords me a lot of exciting opportunities to learn. It also means I commonly encounter...

"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...

The first time I went for a float in a sensory deprivation chamber, I was shivering. The float chamber contains saline water that's...

I remember when I was in my second or third year in business. A colleague had invited me to the ten-year anniversary party of her...

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....

In the last fourteen months, most of us have had to scrap the plans we made and refocus our efforts to meet current needs. When that...

During droughts, the water recedes dramatically in Horsetooth Reservoir. As the shoreline shifts, dense mud is exposed. It's the kind of...

One of the benefits of rebounding from a major illness is the self-knowledge that you can do it. That's a critical piece of your story...

I was a senior in high school when I found myself sicker than I ever had been before. Recently hospitalized for illness, my body and my...

The other week my cat alerted me that two baby bunnies had fallen into the window well. They were huddled together while she meowed...

In the evening of January 19, 2011, I sat comfortably on the futon in my house processing a conversation I had with a mentor earlier that...

I recently gave a talk on the Neuroscience of Conversation to a group of job seekers who are all currently unemployed. As part of the...