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 […]
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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 […]
Seriously? Pokemon GO? No.
All I keep hearing about right now is this “Pokemon GO” game. It’s described it as an augmented reality game which is free-to-play, location-based, and multiplayer. The online mobile game also supports its own custom “wearable tech.” Sure. Whatever. Instead, I have an idea… How about you go outside and enjoy the trees? Or go hiking or SUPing […]