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More Time Than Money, or More Money Than Time

There’s a question I ask my clients that catches most of them off guard. Right now, do you have more time than money – or more money than time? This […]

Training Your Brain – The Ultimate Power Move

Dr. Edith Eger died last month. She was 98. She was one of my treasured teachers – a psychologist, a Holocaust survivor, and the author of The Choice, a memoir […]

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 […]