Happy December to you! Around my town, holiday decorations were up before Thanksgiving; people couldn’t wait to illuminate with cheer. Understandable. And I have some coaching-style cheer for you. Here’s a cup of cerebral wassail: The world is getting significantly better, and I’ve got the data to prove it. These two books have shifted my …
The World Is Better Than You Think. Don’t Believe Me? Read On. Read More »
When I trained to become a coach, the most important tool that I worked to develop is the way I ask questions. In each session, I strive to ask powerful questions in such a way that it helps a clients to consider something they’ve been thinking about for some time in an entirely new light. …
How to Ask Powerful Questions – The Fine Art of Fostering Fresh Thinking Read More »
I’ve never been more grateful. For health, for masks, for coming change. I believe we’re on the downhill side of the pandemic, and that we’ll have a vaccine, a more functional leader in the United States, and more attention to schools and children’s educational needs in 2021. 2020 was a year of pain, misalignment, disagreement, …
Better Than Pumpkin Pie: Six Tools For Thanksgiving Read More »
In this time of change, uncertainty, and often tragedy, everyone’s in need of comfort and empathy from the people around them. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with trying to comfort others, while asking for a little support yourself. Having said this, during hard times, doing both at the same time isn’t exactly possible. Enter “Ring …
Ring Theory: How to Comfort (And Receive the Comfort You Need) Read More »
2020 has been a time of significant upheaval, pain and crisis. We could all use a tension release. The entire world is alone together in a big change that we didn’t want, which does not seem to have an end in sight. Everyone in this world has been impacted by the pandemic. On top of …
So here we are. We’re on the precipice of the most important US election of our lifetime, covid is peaking, school is in and out, and…winter is coming. What tools do you use in this moment, while you’re in an increasingly hypervigilant, anxious state? Cocktails! Exercise and yoga, gratitude and spiritual exercises. Get out the …
If we have learned one thing from 2020, it is this: we are not in control of anything or anyone but ourselves. In these uncertain times, there are many unanswered questions that are beyond our control. We don’t have control over the weather, or the seasons. We have limited control over complex situations, and we …
When we first entered into the pandemic “bubble,” it was important to take time to focus on our grief. Life as we knew it was coming to an end for the foreseeable future, and it was important to give ourselves space as we accepted a new level of uncertainty. Pandemic purpose was a far away …
2 Ways To Impact Pandemic Purpose: Prune the Tree, Drop the Rock Read More »
I have a new office with west facing windows. It doesn’t get direct sun until around 10AM and y’all know I’m up and ready to go at the crackers of dawn. And sitting in a dark space while the sun is rising doesn’t work for me. So I’ve taken to sitting outside my building in …
