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Mental Health and Bravery

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Ibtihaj Mohamed reminds us that bravery and mental illness (and world-class athletic success) are not mutually exclusive.

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Saman Guman, who died so others might live

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Here’s brave: Saman Guman was a former Thai SEAL and a rescue diver. He returned to service to be part of the rescue effort for the Thai youth football team trapped in a flooded cave. He died on the return […]

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The Law of Attraction

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I have said this before and I am sure I’ll say it again. The law of attraction is nonsense. I say this because I’ve seen too many bad things to believe otherwise. Really amazing, optimistic positive people get screwed over […]

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What do I tell potential employers about leaving my terrible job?

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My job is terrible. My organization is unethical enough that I feel bad working there, but not so much I can gather evidence and expose them. All my colleagues are undermining back-biters and they take three hour lunches. My boss’s […]

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TED 2018 – or, how to survive being surrounded by brillance

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So, I’m at TED. Well, almost. I’m at the pre-conference for TED fellows. The big events start on Monday. Being in the presence of the TED fellows every year is an exercise in humility. I mean, I love what I […]

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Let’s Talk Coaching

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Specifically, why you might want to coach with me. My focus as a coach is on helping you find clarity and courage. If you feel unhappy at work, but don’t know how to change that, coaching can help. If you […]

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Men have too much power and it’s bad for men

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The patriarchy hurts everybody. The wildly disproportionate distribution of global money and power hurts women, but not only women. Men are harmed, too.(1) When you have all the power and all the control, your every minor mistake can ruin someone’s […]

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PCV shout-out

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  To whoever came by my site over the weekend and read all the posts about Peace Corps. I offer five-dollar coaching to all current and recently returned PCVs (yes, even if you ET’d). You are idealists doing something hard […]

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Silent never made you safe

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“Silent never made you safe.” I think I read that on tumblr, and it stuck with me. It’s an appealing idea – that being brave is safer. But it’s not true, is it? Being silent has kept plenty of people […]

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The fights we lose

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Dear friend, I know we lost touch when I left Kyrgyzstan, because our particular kinds of social awkwardness intersected in not-useful ways. I know we weren’t super close, and our paths only crossed for two years. But I always felt […]

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Now offering group coaching!

I’m doing something new, and I’m excited about it. Twice a month, I will offer group coaching. No more than eight people can sign up, and the session will last 90 minutes. That will give everyone time for coaching, and […]

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Three ways you’re stuck

A feeling of being “stuck” is one of the most common reasons people start working with a coach. Three frequent causes: You’re asking the wrong question I get clients all the time who feel stuck; they desperately want to do […]

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People are on your side

Well, real life people are, anyway. I was helping a friend do job interviews for her NGO last week, and we wanted every candidate to me amazing. We wanted them to come in and blow us away with their competence […]

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