The Responsibility – Control Gap in Leadership
Organizations assign responsibility without giving complete control. Leaders become frustrated, anxious, controlling, or burned out because they're trying to manage what isn't theirs to manage.
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Evolution & Executive Presence
Executive presence is less about charisma and more about managing fear, regulating emotions and staying focused under pressure. Learn why high-performing professionals lose confidence around leadership — and the simple...
What My Dog’s Nose Taught Me About Healing
A reflection on how real healing starts from within, not from changing external circumstances. True change happens when we shift how we think about ourselves and create the conditions for...
The Small Shift That Changes Your Whole Day
What I see over and over again is this: when people give themselves permission to do something they like — especially at the start of the day — everything else...
Career Fog Is Normal
When we’re considering a career change, uncertainty becomes chronic. Our brains don’t like uncertainty. It can paralyze us. Here's how to keep moving forward.
What are you really optimizing for? Why this question matters more than you think.
Discover how identifying what you’re truly optimizing for can simplify your choices and realign your life with what actually matters.
How to Take the “ugh” Out of Networking: The Secret to Authentic Networking
The vast majority of people I work with dread networking. “Ugh. I know I should, but it feels so inauthentic. I hate ‘selling myself.’”
Why Is It So Hard to Practice Self-Care?
What if, instead of calling it self-care, we just called it what it really is—meeting your basic needs?
Four Questions To Make Work Easier
Work is hard enough as it is. The type of story we tell ourselves is what I believe makes work harder than it needs to be.
Does it feel like you're pushing a noodle up the wall with your nose?
The truth is that this is the fifth time I’ve started writing this to you, and not out of perfectionism (at least, I don’t think so). Even though I love...
My (Current) Favorite Question for Perfectionists…
Lately I’ve been asking my clients, especially those who are perfectionists, this question: What does progress look like?
How Setting Boundaries Can Set You Free
Boundary: noun, plural boundaries. 1. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line. Let me first say that I kind of suck at setting boundaries, but have...
5 Life Lessons from the Ultimate Field
I think I’ve had one true love in my life. It wasn’t a person, God or nature. It is/was Ultimate Frisbee. (Right now, if you think I’m talking about disc...
What’s Getting in the Way of Your Success? (You might not like the answer.)
The answer? Most likely, it’s your very own self. For most of us, we are the ones who get in our own way. We like to point to a lot...
Does Your Life Purpose Look Muddy?
I’m going to let you in on a little secret I learned in my coach training program. Your life purpose isn’t what you DO. It’s not your job or your...
What Does ‘Authenticity’ Look Like at a 30-Year High School Reunion?
My 30-year high school reunion is in two days. That’s right. 30 years. Whew. How did I get here? And that IS the question. How did I get to be...
The Career Advice I Always Give
This is the career advice I always give: Say what you want. We tend to cut off our dreams even before we start having them. This way, we never risk disappointment...
What’s Happiness Got To Do With It?
I see it as our duty to humanity to pursue happiness so that our thinking can evolve. The thinking that created the problems we face now is not the thinking that...
Why It's Totally Awesome You Did Not Win the Lottery
Winning the lottery can’t make you happy. Money can’t buy you love or long-term happiness. So why did so many of us go out and buy lottery tickets?
Why We Can't Let Anxiety Go
I’ve been thinking about anxiety because so many people struggle with it, and I noticed something interesting: Even though we have tools and strategies to manage it, we don’t always...