I’m gonna be a mixologist today, because I have a couple of metaphors I just have to mix. It’s Groundhog Day today. Of course, I think about the movie. I can’t help it. It’s become…
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Do these pants make my butt look smart?
One of the things that really gets in the way of us being authentic people, leaders, partners, friends is behaving the way we want to look rather than the way we really feel. That sounds…
I’m overwhelmed…I’d better get cleaning
I know the signs of overwhelm. It doesn’t happen a lot, but when it does, I know it instantly. I can’t make a decision. I start dithering – going back and forth between options, or…
BS Files #21: If it’s easy, it can’t be worth much!
The BS Files are kinda like the X-files – full of myths and urban legends and mysterious things. I feel that it is my duty to tackle them (occasionally). Because, you know, the truth is…
It’s time to rest
Every now and then, we absolutely must stop and rest. If we don’t either our body, our mind or our soul will force us to rest. I’d like to ask you today to take the…
Wait…I’m a temp?
You know how when something hard or stressful is happening, one of the things that often works to make us feel better is to stop, take a breath and remind ourselves that things will be…
CTLS: Feedback
I’ve been doing a lot of group coaching sessions on the topic of feedback over the past month. It’s helped me to put a lot of structure and polish around my own insights, of course,…
A critical eye
I heard something today that struck me. It was a very familiar concept. In fact, I share it all the time with my clients. But it was said in a new way, so I was…
taking your own advice
This week in my coaching world, I found a real pattern in what my clients were bringing to the sessions. That’s not unusual, because there’s so much synchronicity in my world. And also it’s fact…
that nasty habit of talking to ourselves
We all talk to ourselves. Some of us just keep it to our inside voice. But we still hear it, even if no one else does. And you know what? Most of the crap we…