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For the past seven years, I’ve had the privilege of running a 10-week professional development program for the Tennessee Education Lottery’s summer interns. Last week we were working on answering …

A lot of folks want to spring into action the moment they learn that there is something they are doing wrong. Maybe it’s because they are a high-performer or maybe …

One of the questions I often ask my coaching clients who are experiencing overwhelm at work is: “Is this a level-of-difficulty issue or a volume issue?” Level-of-difficulty means they may …

This is the third blog in a series of three. The first blog was about “who are you?” The second blog asked “who do you think you should be?” In …

This is part 2 in a three part series. Part 1, about “who are you?,” is here. In my late 30s, I worked with a therapist who helped me untangle …

For the new year, I cleaned out my closet. I’m a big believer that external clutter can become internal clutter, and my closet had become a metaphor for my life: …

I often like to choose a word or phrase at the end of December, since I’m not much for new year’s resolutions. (Most resolutions fail in approximately three weeks.) I …

What if you’re grateful, but don’t quite feel it? I mean, this year has been a doozy. Sometimes I’m tired or focused on the negative – or I remember to …

I had the opportunity this month to visit Taliesin West: visionary architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona winter home and school. One of the things I got to experience on the …

A talented freelance graphic designer, Alec, participated in my autumn 2018 career coaching group. During one meeting, as Alec brought up podcasts yet again, I asked the group, “Who here …