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  Charlotte’s Web was my first self-help book. At age seven I read it over and over, during the chaotic year of my parents’ divorce.  It was then that I first discovered the incredible power of words and of stories.  EB White’s novel transported me from the...

“I stopped listening to myself and started talking to myself.” – Ocular Surgeon Dr. James Gills. I bring you this post in mid-November when many of us find ourselves having a harder time of it.  The world is darker, and the holidays are around the corner.  It’s a time...

I’ve been talking about burnout a lot lately.  I’ve had the privilege to speak at conferences on the west and east coasts, and to continue to help my clients change their relationship with their work. Despite burnout being such a topic of concern in our cultural...

If you’ve never experienced coaching, you may have some questions about it, and perhaps you have some assumptions…I know I did.  A few years ago, I heard the term “Life Coach” and as a clinical counselor, I felt immediately dismissive of the concept.  It sounded like...

Any Ted Lasso fans out there are familiar with the character Dani Rojas and his oft-exclaimed proclamation, “Fútbol is Life!"  Ever since I fell in love with paddleboarding a couple of years ago, whenever I’m out there on the water, my musings take me to a similar...

Sometimes the most powerful tools in our personal development are the ones we must unlearn.  In my training at The Life Coach School I was introduced to the concept of Manuals, and this was so transforming to me and my relationships, I want to share it with you here....

Will you be taking some time off this summer?  I sincerely hope that’s something you can do.  And if you can, I urge you to think about what you need physically, mentally, and emotionally, so that your time off can actually be a break, can be medicine for you. Have...

It’s helpful to think of our minds having both a zoomed-out, macroscopic setting, and a zoomed-in, micro setting.  Mindset comprises our macro view of the world, the future, and what’s to come, and in a previous post I talked about the power of an optimistic mindset. ...

Pictured:  My sister-mother, Martha, and me.   I have no tools for you in this post—just pure, unadulterated inspiration. I want to introduce you to Martha, my sister-mother.  To be in her presence is to know grace. She is the personification of strength,...

Pictured: Himself and myself on our honeymoon in 1999. My husband and I have a longstanding argument about this one.  Early on in our relationship it became apparent that I was the “glass half full” person and he the “glass half empty.” We’ve had countless versions of...