Over the years, I’ve learned not to make long lists of goals for the new year. This year I feel especially opposed to the idea.
As I reflect over the last twelve months of coaching, I see women exploring the awareness steps needed to make genuine changes. These are far more necessary for women than making […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits 
What a great concept for a book. In “10 Poems to Set you Free,” author Roger Housden chooses 10 pieces by poets such as Mary Oliver, David Whyte, Rumi and Naomi Shihab Nye. He lets us read each of their poems to make our own connections, then goes on to dissect […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits 
It’s all in your head,” some people say. Well, in the case of writers, all too often it is. We often disconnect our heads from the rest of our bodies – not only when we write, but in other parts of our lives as well.
One of the ways I try to […]

There are a lot of emotions with a necessary place in our lives. In my opinion, guilt isn’t one of them.
For instance, what if your husband forgets your anniversary? Would you rather see him spend all his energy feeling guilty, or would you rather he gave you a genuine apology, spent five minutes looking suitably […]

So they’re finally figuring it out. Recently, a number of articles have come out about the downsides of multitasking. Seems they’ve found that that multitasking isn’t very efficient for the brain and actually hampers performance. “The findings, according to neuroscientists, psychologists and management professors, suggest that many people would be wise to curb their multitasking […]

On a recent call with a client, I was reminded of yet another way we sometimes auto-pilot. This one can be hard to notice as it sneaks up on us while we walk down our positive growth path.
There we are, strolling along, alert for meaningful signs, patterns- -anything that may stretch our self-awareness- when “poof” […]

Another area where I sometimes catch myself auto-piloting is in relationships. It’s so easy to run on what we think we know about someone else, based on past history, rather than really seeing them in the moment.
I find this sometimes happens when my daughters come home from school. One of them typically walks in a […]

These “auto-pilots” comes up again and again, don’t they? So does the reminder message that change really does begin when we start observing where we do things automatically. By tuning in to where we react (versus choose a response) the most, we can get a quick snapshot of what’s in the way. When we stop […]

This morning as I was pouring my tea, my mind was whirring with all the things that I wanted to get done in the next hour.  I had a headache and a general sense of fatigue was growing, but I kept pushing.
It also popped in my mind that I wanted a muffin. Perhaps even a […]

Today I spoke with a client about her priorities. Not so unusual on a coaching call perhaps, but what is unusual is how much this subject is coming up all around me lately. With friends, my children, and clients- it’s like a theme song running in the background of the last two weeks. Okay, I […]