April 2011 – I’m visiting the big island of Hawaii this week with my family, observing the one-year anniversary of my Dad’s passing. While it still feels like a punch to the gut to recall where I was and what I was experiencing a year ago, when I think about how much has changed for…
Can Confidence and Vulnerability Co-Exist? I recently had an interesting discussion with a girlfriend about when it’s appropriate to show vulnerability, particularly in the context of male-female relationships. As women we are taught to play hard to get, don’t be needy, confidence is attractive, men love a chase, yadda yadda.Now, I’m totally down with the “fake…
I’ve never really thought of myself as “driven” so to speak. Flaky, irresponsible, unmotivated and the bad rebellious kid were some of the labels I was carrying around. At best it was always more like bopping around looking for the next fun experience, trying to find fulfillment. Sure, in my sales days I was motivated…
I did a bad thing. OK, don’t freak out. It wasn’t on purpose, and I really do feel awful about it.So here’s how this went down. I was driving home from the Bay Area to Fresno after my last coaching program workshop, it was late, and I had decided to take some of the rural back…
It’s no secret that I’ve had a bumpy ride lately. A lot of change, ups and downs, periods of growth and retreat… transformation is never smooth. And often during those darker hued days, the days when everything just seems hopeless and too much to bear, I notice the desire to pick up and go. To…
I completed my 3rd professional coach training workshop last weekend, and one of the things about these workshops – they bring up all your own shit.Over the last year or so, I have been on what’s probably best described as a QUEST for personal growth and healing, which to me means finding the learning in…
(And why it might benefit you to join me.) If you clicked through you may be bracing yourself for a “woe is me” story about disappointment and loss. But I wouldn’t do that to you on Christmas! What I want to share with you is simply that for me, this Christmas is not so much about…
I just returned last night from an intensive 3-day weekend of coach training. And it was a great experience. I learned a lot and made many new friends… so why the heck was I fighting back tears almost the entire time?On the way there I had a 3-hour drive to ponder what was ahead and…
What would you wish for if you could have anything you wanted in your life? And how would you feel if you got it? That’s what is coming up for me this week as I reflect on how much my life has changed in the past year.When I think about where I was last November,…
One of my gifts (or perhaps it’s more of a disorder) is that I have an uncanny ability to connect just about any life circumstance with a Saturday Night Live Skit. So the other day when my life coach told me she thought I had potential as a motivational speaker, this is all I could…
