Hello reader, I was listening to the radio the other day when I heard a commercial. At the end they joked, “My life coach doesn’t have a very good life.” Made me wonder what people look for in a coach, and the many different definitions of the good life. As far as I can tell, …
After a few years for of steep climbs, I had planned for July 2023 to be about rest and restoration, finding ways to move my 51-year old body in a way that felt good. I moved my family to a cabin in Pennsylvania for the month, and planned to bike, walk, and maybe even run …
When I was young, I had big, audacious dreams, and I advocated for them. There’s a key conversation from my culinary school interview that illustrates this: Admissions officer “Why do you want to go to culinary school?” Me: “I want to help people enjoy cooking. Regular people. In families these days, both parents work, and …
Of course you do. This is one of the main reasons folks come to see me for coaching sessions. My clients seek clarity when they’re fuzzy, motivation when they’re stuck, and accountability to make sure it gets done. These are the three frameworks that help clients find motivation and shift to action: Create a positive feedback …
First, a word of thanks. My Montclair-based coaching practice (and this newsletter) is turning EIGHT. We have done some exceptional work together, and I thank you for the opportunity to collaborate. My clients are some of the people I admire most; it’s an honor to work with you. AND, as with all healthy, long term …
Spring is here and I find myself like one of those buds on a tree just waiting to explode. I’ve got three years of pent up energy inside me, and baby – I’m about to let ‘er rip! In fact, I just busted up my hand in a kickboxing class (you shoulda seen the bag). …
Grit is a concept popularized by Angela Duckworth ten years ago with her book and 6-minute Ted Talk (watch it). It appears to be making the rounds on Linked In again. To me, Grit is focus and intensity, and a desire to succeed. A classic example of using grit is finishing a marathon (or improving …
When I see the words “Free to Be…” I hear the banjo bum ba da bum bum, that drum, and there’s a land that I see where the children are free… And I feel good. It’s my childhood. Days of Pete Seeger, Harry Chapin (Kleenex alert on that link), hope and possibility. My early caregivers played Free to Be You and …
In the spirit of winter, I went offline and inside for the last week of the year. So many of us feel the pressure to spend the turn of the year with ACTIVITY and TRAVEL and GATHERING WITH OTHERS, and this year I tried a different approach. I know a few of you made the …