coaching for clarity and courage
My husband spent a year at an unaccompanied posting with the US government. He wasn’t a solider; he was a bureaucrat. But it was a year away from me and the kids in an environment where there was risk of […]
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It’s easy to to think of our lives as a series of missed opportunities – one long list of things we could have done better. You can flip that script, though, and see life as a chance to use your […]
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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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Four of the best career articles I’ve seen lately: How To Prepare For Your Dream Career While You’re In The Job You Have Now, Fast Company How to Recognize a Bad Workplace Before You Take the Job How to Be […]
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It turns out there are actually three kinds of empathy, and they all have different effects on the way you interact with people. Cognitive empathy is the understanding of how other people think. You are able to genuinely comprehend the […]
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People ask me, sometimes, what you get from coaching that you can’t get from a conversation with a friend. The short answer: your coach is not your friend. And that’s a good thing. Here’s the long version: As a coach, […]
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Spend a moment to consciously relax our hands, feet, and face. Deliberately unclench your hands and let them lie loose in your lap. Let your feet sit flat and unflexed on the floor. Relax your facial muscles. Every time you […]
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One way to look at life is through seasons of planting and seasons of harvesting. There are times in your life – college, for instance, when planting dominates. You spend most of your time sowing seeds for your future, […]
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First, we have a totally engrossing Atlantic article about kids who are born psychopaths. It’s a kind of horror story for everyone who has a baby, or wants one. And then we have this response, from an actual child mental […]
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I received press releases about these two initiatives, and they both sound genuinely intriguing. If I wasn’t so busy right now, I’d follow up to find our more. First, we have medical remote education. Efforts like this are going to […]
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If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]