Once, a client of mine tried to introduce me to his team. He looked over at me and said, “I don’t know what to call you because you won’t tell me.” I’ve had this problem for several years, but I think I’m starting to get a handle on it. I am a coach and a […]
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Taking care of your “truthache”
Through many years of coaching and consulting with people, I’ve come to realize they always come to me with a “Truthache.” It usually masquerades as a problem declared like this: If I could just find the right system… If I could just get organized… If I could just get some good help… If I could […]
Introducting 31 Notes from Nature
As the winds of change are blowing in…I’m introducing 31 Notes from Nature to help beat back the crazies. Here’s a bit of back-story first… I’m reflecting on the mid-October ‘unplugged” retreat my husband Nelson and I hosted for nine business professionals here in the mountains of North Carolina. Participants were successful entrepreneurs, corporate warriors, and employees […]
Re-defining the concept of “making some room”
Strange magic has been happening in business land for me and things have taken a decidedly different turn this year. Here’s what’s been happening: 1. I lost interest in writing after I published my fourth book this summer. I don’t know if I ran out of words or just lost the sizzle, but my desire to write went […]
Intention or In Tension?
In the past year or so, I have become wildly aware of words. I’m fascinated with breaking them apart and seeing which words sound like another word only with a vastly different meaning. This is a word I’m pondering: Intention When I roll it around in my mouth, it sounds like this: in tension. Intense. […]
On failure
I had a conversation recently with a sweet friend (who is also an entrepreneur). We were sharing business updates and she admitted to me what a hard year she’d had. “It has felt like I’ve failed at everything I’ve tried,” she said. One of my former coaching clients and I shared lunch recently. He said […]