Rest is not a reward. It’s a requirement.
I am in the middle of another round of the Alive cohort right now. It’s a coaching framework to design a life that feels truly Alive! One of the principles it teaches stopped me in my tracks — not because it was new to me, but because of how few people in the room had […]
You might be a goal setter. Just not the kind anyone taught you about.
I was sitting outside at a picnic table with a friend, lunch in front of us, a breeze moving through the air. Somewhere between bites, she brought up something that had been sitting with her. She is working with a coach. And her coach had asked her to come up with some goals. She froze. […]
You don’t need better time management. You need fewer priorities.
“I have too much on my plate.” “I’m the bottleneck.” “I keep getting pulled into XYZ again.” I heard some version of this in every single client call this past week. Usually, it is followed by something like: I need to get better at managing my time. Maybe. But when I hear that from a […]
Work-life balance isn’t what you’re actually looking for
As a coach, I am trained to listen to what someone is saying and also what they are not saying. When work-life balance comes up — and it comes up often — what I hear is a quiet current of frustration and overwhelm. Like the demands of life are happening to them rather than being […]
Why your team is uncomfortable with the new you
A coach friend of mine is in the middle of a significant shift — evolving the way he shows up with people and shares his ideas. More authentically himself. More trusting of his own instincts. It’s a meaningful change, and watching him navigate it reminded me of something I think about often. Any time we […]
I didn’t even see it. And I’m a coach.
I want to tell you about something that hit me like a punch to the chest. I’ve been in a training called Alive — a science-based framework for designing a life that actually feels fulfilling. Earlier this month, in the middle of an exercise with peers, I got called out on my own limiting belief. […]
What nonprofit leaders carry that nobody talks about
Recently, I read something that made my heart sink. It was an unpublished article written by a nonprofit CEO. The only safe space she had found to put words to what she was carrying was a document nobody would ever see. She was venting. She was heartbroken. And the words on the page almost had […]
AI can coach. Just not at my level.
AI is all of a buzz right now, and I’ve been formulating some thoughts. Leaders are using it to write emails, automate tasks, and outline reports. Some are even turning to it for problem-solving. And the question I keep hearing underneath all of it is: what does this mean for coaching? I did some research. […]
I used to blackout every time I got on stage
Every so often I use this space to make a direct ask, and today is one of those days. But first, a story. For years, a pattern played out every time I got in front of an audience. I would prepare carefully. I’d work out my entrance, rehearse my opening, think through every transition. And […]
What you focus on grows. So what are you growing?
Last week, in a coaching conversation, a leader spent the first few minutes describing a challenging employee. The behavior she wanted corrected. The frustration she’d been carrying. The conversations she’d tried. She had been focused on this person for months. I realized where her focus was placed and said, “As I hear you talk, this […]