A radical wish for the New Year

A radical wish for the New Year

This week my inbox has been awash in emails reminding me that the New Year is here and I need to get ready. It’s loaded with advice about creating the best resolutions, writing goals that work and on and on and on. Ugh. Enough already. Instead of another post about...
How to Deliberately Deploy the Kind Voices in Our Heads

How to Deliberately Deploy the Kind Voices in Our Heads

I don’t know about you, but I see a lot of articles about extinguishing the voices in our heads. A whole lot. I’m proposing a different take on those voices. What if we think about using those voices as strategic tools to carry us forward in our lives and our work?...
Carpe Diem – Grab that Day!

Carpe Diem – Grab that Day!

As I’m writing this, it’s a beautiful Monday morning in December (I usually write my posts on Saturday, stay tuned to find out why I’m writing this on Monday) in Atlanta. It’s 24 degrees outside, and there are still 4 inches of snow on the ground. The snow has been on...
I’m a Little Beat Up

I’m a Little Beat Up

The thought hit me like a ton of bricks: I am a little beat up – both literally and figuratively. Over the past 5 years, I’ve been through a lot. Some truly horrible, life changing, gut wrenching events and some this-20-minute-drive-has-taken-an-hour-and-a-half...
Patience: The Antidote to Settling

Patience: The Antidote to Settling

Patience is the antidote to settling. The impetus for writing this blog came from coaching several clients who thought they had to settle for any job they were offered. I wish this were a new problem. As a matter of fact, I wrote about it 2 years ago. It’s so...