Its Not Too Late
You started a business and it’s far less fulfilling than you thought it would be. You’re 50 and want to go back to school. You retired, but you’re bored and you kind of want to [...]
Maintaining Your Crew
I’m reflexively back to one of my favorite topics—how to make and keep friends as an adult. I am seeing this come up as a need, longing, and skillset for all ages. Hearing stories of [...]
Waking up to Fall
My friend and fellow coach Jenn wrote this beautiful post about Fall, about endings, how they wake us up, quoting the poet James A. Pearson: “What’s ending shakes me back into my body.” Richard Wilbur, [...]
Making Decisions is an Under-Appreciated Calling
It’s incredibly easy to complain about the decisions other people make, especially people with positional power over us. True, some of those decisions are short-sighted, morally wrong, or even disastrous, and some people enjoy wielding power. [...]
Let there be Rest
My last newsletter in July was titled, “Let There be Space.” I had it! I experienced, as I do every August, the immense relief, pleasure, and privilege of taking unpressured time off. No social media, airplanes, or email. [...]
Let There be Space
This is my last newsletter for a month, as I’m about to go offline for my usual August break. By now, all my wonderful clients anticipate it with me. Around June, they start inquiring about it. By far, in [...]