Self-coaching: authenticity
Is authenticity a value for you? Does authenticity have a single definition? Is it relative? Is it subjective? What does it mean to live authentically?
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Useful How-to Links
How to write a book review, a really excellent guide from Paul Mason at Culture Matters How to diversify your income, from Lauren Holliday at Medium. A little too heavy on things she hasn’t personally tried, but a useful list […]
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Three things I learned from my coach training
Training to be a coach is a weird thing. It’s a mixture of neuroscience and pop psychology and, frankly, cultural appropriation. It’s got complicated spiritual metaphors and evidence-based research on how the brain responds to stress. It’s a big information download, […]
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Self-Coaching: Love
1. What makes you feel loved? 2. How do you show love to others? 3. Do you love enough people?
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Four questions to ask at a job interview: Corporate Culture
I’ve written about questions to ask at a job interview before. An interview is not an audition. You’re not doing a little dance and trying to get the employer to like you. It’s a fact-finding mission, for both sides. You […]
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Quitting the Peace Corps
From a recent email to a PCV: The Peace Corps is not an international development agency, and no ethical recruiter will tell you that it is. It’s a learning experience for you, and the single best public diplomacy effort the United […]
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self-coaching: advent
I was reading about Advent the other day. It wasn’t always just a countdown to Christmas. Instead, advent was a distinct season of its own. The act of waiting was an activity in its own right, with its own […]
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The only happiness hack I know
As a rule, I don’t believe in happiness as a goal. I believe that happiness, and its sisters joy and contentment, come from having a meaningful life focused on the things that matter to you. That being said, I do […]
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Resources: Career Change 101
Changing Careers – things to consider It’s unlikely you’ll get your perfect new job in one move. You’ll probably need to change sectors first, and then change jobs after two or three years when you have more experience in […]
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Resources for Protest and Change
If you’re stuck in a fear spiral and you can’t find a way to take action for what you believe in (and you don’t want free coaching), some research can be a good way to unlock your own power. Here […]
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