The Hardest Thing You’ll Do Today Is … Relax!
What if the best thing you could do right before the hardest conversation of your week was… relax? It still confuses me – but I have experience that this works. […]
The Scars Only You Can See
I was reading Robert Glazer’s newsletter last week and came across a study I had to read twice. In 1980, psychologists at Dartmouth studied how people with physical differences believe […]
The Kind of Certainty That Limits You
Most of the founders and leaders I work with are looking for certainty. They want more data. More validation. I understand that. Certainty feels like solid ground. But here’s what […]
Why Saying “I’m Sorry” Feels So Uncomfortable
A few nights ago, I gave my husband Simon a taste of a dish I was making, one I know he loves. “Did you change the recipe?” he asked. “It […]
The Real Reason You’re Not Changing
I came across a number I can’t stop thinking about. When high-risk heart patients are told they will die if they don’t change – diet, exercise, medication – only about […]
Questions Are for When You’re Struggling – Or So We Think
I’m still a bit perplexed. I was watching the Australian Open this year and something the commentators kept saying caught my attention. Elena Rybakina, the world #3, was playing exceptionally […]
Pattern vs. Exception: A Simple Leadership Filter
I used to waste an incredible amount of energy on the wrong problems. My shipping manager would panic over every return. Customer service would treat every complaint like a five-alarm […]
The Story I Never Questioned
His New Year’s gift to me: an invitation to a Byron Katie workshop. “A head-shrinking workshop on New Year’s Eve? Can’t we do something more normal?!” Simon was asking me […]
What ‘Having It’ Actually Looks Like
I was coaching a client who felt his marketing team wasn’t respected by sales. He was frustrated, convinced sales saw them as just “the creative people” who didn’t really understand […]
The One Question Most Leaders Never Ask Themselves
There’s a difference between leaders who drain energy from a room and those who generate it. It starts with a question most leaders rarely ask themselves: Where am I right […]