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 »
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 …
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 …
August is typically the lazy time. Here it’s hot and humid. We are languid. We lay about, sweet stonefruit juice dripping down our chins. Dogs pant nearby, we chill in the humidity. And the cool breeze comes, we catch a leaf turning on the tree — evidence that the new season is coming. I love yielding …
When I was a teenager, observing how one develops feelings of love (and watching Sixteen Candles, Footloose and St Elmo’s Fire for guidance) I was pretty sure that love happened. It was a switch that flipped, a rush; see this adorable one minute animation for an example. Now, as I’m approaching 50, I see love …
We’re settling in for the long haul now. In more than half the states across the country, school is done for the year. [Collective groan.] After you take a beat (or 10) on that, remember, we are better off when we are realists about the Pandemic. We’re past the bargaining phase, and treating this like …
After four weeks of quarantine, we recognized that four weeks isn’t nearly enough. Non-essential businesses and schools have now closed “indefinitely” locally and globally. As I sit in my house, I can see the skyline of mighty New York City, throbbing in action and inaction. Every night I look at her and remember the heroes …
Processing the Pandemic: Grief, Grace and Growth Read More »
I am thinking about you. YOU. I have found it that (another) an item in short supply right now is emotional presence and empathy. As a coach, emotional presence is something I do with you daily — sharing an emotional space, connecting so that we can identify emotional assets and blocks, acknowledge them, and using …
Pandemic Support for NYC Week 4: Podcast, Tool, Poem Read More »
I have been thinking about you, what we are experiencing, and how I can support you. At times this has been scary, overwhelming, disorienting and at other times centering and steadying. The feelings are big, and as a coach my goal is always to steady the feelings so we can get you back to your …
