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  • Still Waters Run Deep

    The waves of change are upon us! I’ve always loved the water! Being by the ocean. Swimming. Floating. Watching the waves. The mist [...]

  • Managing the Challenges of ADHD

    Find it Difficult to Focus? In my coaching and career advising work with students and private clients, I've noticed that it's not uncommon [...]

  • Serpent or Phoenix?

    Can We Ever Truly Transform? I help many people go through the process of change and know how overwhelming and daunting it can [...]

  • Give Yourself Permission

    JUST DO IT! You know, that thing that you’ve always wanted to do. What if you gave yourself permission to go after it [...]

  • Finding that sweet spot

    How to find your place and pace? I’ve had a yoga practice on and off for well over a decade (maybe 2?). During [...]

  • When is the right time?

    How do we know when it’s time? There’s a lot of change happening everywhere. I recently visited a cute nearby town that I don’t [...]

  • The long and winding road

    Do you like shortcuts? Most of us prefer things to be quick and easy. Use Waze to get to your destination faster even [...]

  • What are you laboring for?

    What Is Your Labor Worth? As we close out the summer, I hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend!  While we don’t often [...]

  • You Know What You Want

    When You Know, You Know What’s keeping you from having everything you want? Probably YOU. While it may be counter-intuitive, I firmly believe [...]

  • The Big Rethink

    Have you ever thought… What if my life could be different? How can I do meaningful work that makes a difference? What would [...]

  • Cleaning up and out

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange (gotta love classic David Bowie).  I’m feeling like a bit of a Space Oddity myself since I [...]

  • Stuff is happening

    There’s been a lot going on I was considering radio silence this week, but decided to give you all a sneak peek into [...]

  • Which matters most?

    What is most important? You’re starting a new exercise routine, what’s going to help you be most successful?  Repetition (reps), having great form, [...]

  • You didn’t f*ck up

    What if everything were fine? Stuff happens and we make mistakes. Most of us high achievers are very hard on ourselves. How could [...]

  • Making your own luck

    Dealing with luck and circumstances So much of our experience is outside of our control. And yet, we also have the ability to [...]

  • Truth vs. Fiction

    What do you believe? Our experience is heavily influenced by our thoughts.  If you think things won’t work out, then you are predisposed [...]

  • Art and life

    Taking the gentler path I have the good fortune to be visiting Paris where my partner is from, and it certainly has its [...]

  • Wisdom comes from experience

    What do you know to be true? How do we know things?  Telling truth from fiction is getting harder these days, so we [...]

  • Passion vs. Practicality

    How practical should you be? Being practical is about being smart - doing what’s needed to take care of yourself. This includes things [...]

  • Learning and Growth

    Are you interested in growth? Then you must embrace learning!  I’m a continual learner, however I’ve noticed that I’m most passionate about what [...]

  • Shift doesn’t happen overnight

    How fast do you expect to change? In reflecting on my personal evolution and observing the growth of my clients, I was reminded [...]

  • How to know

    How do we find the truth? Have you ever gotten side-swiped by someone telling you something unexpected at the least opportune time?  You [...]

  • When your cup runneth over

    Don’t cry over spilled tea My teapot leaked. I was doing a cleanse, 3 meals of congee, a rice porridge as part of [...]

  • How to make your career change easy?

    Simple Career Switching I know this magical exercise where you close your eyes, click your heels together 3 times and say out loud: [...]

  • What makes you unique?

    When have you been inspired? When you consider all the crazy, silly, foolish, exciting and brilliant things you’ve done in your life, what [...]

  • What’s love got to do with it?

    The things we do for love I love the Tina Turner song, What’s love got to do with it?  I believe that love [...]

  • Keeping it real

    The truth shouldn’t hurt So how do you feel about genuine faux leather or dairy free cheese (real cheddah)? Well, that depends if [...]

  • A Big Reveal…. I’m not perfect

    OMG, please forgive me! I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, I’ve been a bit slapdash in my weekly missives. I would like to [...]

  • Are you acting by Default or by Design?

    Are you making conscious choices? I wish I could tell you that I was a master of intentional decision-making when it came to [...]

  • The ABCs of change

    Finding more professional fulfillment I recently moderated office hours for the Columbia Career Coaching Network for diverse Columbia University to receive coaching guidance. [...]