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As the year comes to an end, I like to evaluate. And I like a new toy that helps me go wider, deeper, more thoroughly into where I’ve been so that I can catapult forward. A client passed this nifty tool to me, and I would like to share it with you:https://yearcompass.com It’s a downloadable

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about moving through challenges. It’s an occupational hazard – you don’t book a session when things are easy, you come when things are hard. People come when the flow ain’t flowing, and we work to get it back. I recently met with a trusted advisor. She diplomatically observed, “Some

I used to have a word of the day calendar when I was a kid; I loved reading the words each morning. I bought one for my kids, they broke it and had no interest.  I’m still a word geek. When I took my son to Boston this weekend, I had to introduce him to a great local

I got into a semantic debate with a client recently around the word “fight”. He argued he needed to fight for his goals and I suggested a gentler approach, that the right choices would be revealed. He did not like this.  In time, we aligned on the concept of downhill skiing. The mountain helps you,

Ahhh…the glorious, magical, life changing 24-hour rule. My son’s hockey club references the 24-hour rule in their club rules. Sportsengine, a popular sports scheduling app, describes it here. But you don’t need paragraphs of explanation to get it. It’s as basic as the golden rule: If you’re losing your cool, take 24 hours to chill out so you

I have two clients who returned to grad school this season. Neither of them started working with me thinking this would happen, but now they’re as happy as pigs in mud.  And they didn’t just enter any programs, these are save-the-world folks who will be helping us to combat climate change and the national loneliness

Summer is vacation time. And by vacation I mean vacate, spend time apart or away from. To break from your ordinary. Some people staycation, others travel, others have their regular go-tos. Here in New Jersey folks like to head “down the shore“. Many choose to visit family for reunions, and of course, beaches beckon. For families

As you may know, I like to take a geographic break during he summer and leave town with my children. I like the mental break from where we live, and the idea of a “summer spot”. As I came of age, I always thought Europeans were smart about relocating for August, and wanted to do