It’s April 1, 2020. I live in New Jersey, 13 miles from New York City, the epicenter of the COVID 10 pandemic. We are in our third week of social distancing, distance learning, virtual coaching, fear and calm, less and more. I have clients and dear friends who are doctors, working on the front lines …
3 Useful Links for Online Coaching: Social Distancing Week 3 Read More »
As it is said, we spend time worrying about things that don’t really matter. The big shifts, the life-changing events are frequently things that you didn’t see coming. And so here we are. At a moment of change. I’m feeling it, you’re feeling it, and I wanted to take a moment to share some ideas …
COVID-19 Is Here. Ideas For Approaching The New Normal Read More »
On January 2, I sat in my favorite coffee shop listening to my baristas talk about being wasted on New Years. Wasted. Trashed. Now, if you know me, you know I’m no prude. I enjoy a good party and I’m usually the last to leave. But let’s look at those words for a moment. From …
Sometimes goals are too big. That’s why I like the concept of inch pebbles and milestones – we all know what a milestone is, a big achievement. Getting married! Graduating high school! Learning To Walk! These are milestones. But what about those inch pebbles – those small incremental steps we take, day after day, moment …
It’s Better To Set Smaller Goals (And Achieve Them) Read More »
If Facebook is any indicator, people are eager to call out sick on their birthdays. And yet, I know that it is possible to like your job so much that it’s where you want to be on your birthday. In fact, I started two jobs on my birthday. Every week in my coaching office, sometimes asks, “Is it realistic …
My husband and I made an active choice when we had our third child: I would shift my career so that I could be the “on-site” parent during the week. But in actual fact, this choice pre-dated my husband by about 3 decades. My mother was an educator, and encouraged me to find a career …
I remember sitting with my stepdaughter over breakfast when she was about 8. She told me that she was frustrated about her parent’s divorce, that she was now different from her friends and had to schlep her stuff back and forth between two residences. I am sure that she was frustrated about a lot more …
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: Resilience Roundup Read More »
There was a snowstorm, I had an early client. Foot of snow in the driveway plus the massive ice blocks the snowplows churned up and left as a gift. I was down there at dawn shoveling my car out. I was prepared, determined, and dare I say enjoying the engagement of my obliques and biceps, feeling strong …
How Doing Difficult Things Fuels Growth (And Why You Can’t Outsource It) Read More »
Do you remember the last time you were proven wrong about something you absolutely believed was true? Take a beat and think about it. Or just live your life and watch — I’m sure this will happen at some point in the next week.Here’s one that just happened to me: Last week I attended Converge, a …
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