Mentorship.  Over the past week, I have used mentorship in a variety of ways, with slightly different nuances.  I wanted to share so as...

Today I Noticed.  I don’t consider myself a particularly mindful person:  no yoga or journaling practice; I fail miserably at...

Fair Play in Action.  Last year, I was certified as a Fair Play Method facilitator.  Fair Play, designed for a more equitable division of...

Transitions.  A lot of people are going through various transitions right now – and maybe we all are as we change the year from 2023 to...

Circle of 5. Who are the 5 people in your life that you rely on for sound advice, guidance, wisdom and perspective? The people who jump...

It’s Not Scary. Halloween? Scary Ghosts? Scary The Dark? Scary Mammogram? NOT SCARY As has been my tradition for the past 16 years, I...

Holidays are Coming. I’m not an alarmist, but we are a few short weeks away from the start to the holiday season (read: hectic,...

The Days are Long, the Months are Short. You may have heard this saying slightly different in terms of child rearing: comparing days to...

Kindness to Ourselves. What would you say to a colleague if they were struggling, had a conflict or needed to shift priorities? Probably...

How You Leave is How You are Remembered. I receive a lot of calls from people leaving their jobs. Sometimes by choice or mutual...

Stop the spin. I had an almost perfect coaching session last week. It was a high potential, junior manager who was struggling with her...

Nomad, Not Vacation. I’ve had people ask how my vacation is going and I want to clarify that I am Open for Business! In fact, since...

Leaders, Parents & the 101. In my Next Level Leadership training, I ask the question: is leadership how you lead or how your employees...

Do ALL the Things. Arriving at the first stop on my nomad adventure, there was a whiteboard listing a bunch of activities. Entitled...

Progress Over Perfection. It’s been a while. I was afraid that what I was thinking and writing wasn’t my best; wasn’t perfect. Then I...

Community. I love what it means to be a part of a community: being in community, being a part of something bigger than myself, having an...

Funny. Now toss it. I am in the process of purging 56 years of ‘stuff’. Easy with furniture, clothes and household goods. Not so easy...

Nomad. In less than 90 days, I am embarking on a new adventure. A scary, exciting, at times overwhelming, opportunity to ‘sample’ the...

Impact. I upset a client last week. That was not my intent, but my intent doesn’t matter. The impact of my words was the result of my...

Just. ‘Just’ has always been a trigger word for me. Trivializing, judgmental, showing a lack of respect. Wow! Those are some big...