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 …
Are you missing a step between awareness and action?
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 …
Are you contributing to overwhelm at work?
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 …
Who Are You Becoming?
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 …
Ditching the Should’s
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 …
Cleaning Out Your Closet
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: …
What’s your motto for 2022?
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 …
Too tired for gratitude? Try this… (And an online career coaching group starts Dec 13)
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 …
Compression and release: life lessons from architecture
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 …
An entrepreneur’s success story – plus some tips for being a podcast guest
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 …
