For the past year or so, I have had a favorite sweater. Its good points are excellent; it’s the right weight for layering, soft, but not fuzzy and fits just right. Its one drawback? The color is completely unremarkable. If … Read More
Last week, one of my dearest friends wound up in the hospital. The circumstances that took her there were scary and indicated a potentially life-threatening condition. She was in ICU for several days, during which there were numerous hospital staff … Read More
Questions are one of the best ways to get to know other people and we all seem to have our favorites. Some people want to know if you have children or what your hobbies are. My mom loved to know … Read More
In the last few years, minimalism has become a pretty important trend. People are thinking carefully about what they bring into their lives, giving more consideration to what they spend their money on and where they place their efforts. There … Read More
Years ago, we heard renowned trainer, speaker and consultant Robin Rose say that all people need two things: safety and validation. Safety is both physical safety (the building we work in is free of hazards) and emotional safety (my ideas … Read More
It’s always a little bittersweet when a coaching assignment ends. On one hand, we are excited that the person we have been coaching has incorporated their new skills and is ready to fly solo. On the other, we have developed … Read More
In preparation for a new training last week, we learned that 90% of the thoughts we have each day are repetitive. Good or bad, helpful or not, the thoughts we think are largely, day in, day out, the same. This … Read More
Anyone who’s ever tried to make a New Year’s resolution knows they are fairly impossible to keep. Sure, you start strong, but by day four (if you make it that long) it can feel like a terrible burden. We don’t … Read More
Sixteen years ago, my husband and I headed to the Oregon coast to get a Chocolate Lab puppy. We were able to select from two options, each completely adorable, but with distinctly different personalities. One of the puppies took my … Read More
Growing up, whenever one of us exhibited the first sign of a cold, my mother would line my sisters and me up for a dose of cough medicine. Now it didn’t matter that only one of us was sick, we … Read More