Last year, a client asked to work with me, and her number-one reason for choosing me out of a sea of coaches was that no matter what, my newsletter showed up in her in-box as promised. For five years, it was weekly, and then I switched to every-other-week. She wanted...
You have to admit it: your life is pretty good. You regularly post #blessed as your status along with glamorous shots of your morning coffee. And yet, there are big swaths of time when you’re desperately unhappy. You can’t help but wonder if you should love your life...
It’s no secret that having kids can take a toll on your body. Between the sleepless nights, endless feedings, and laundry, it’s almost second nature to put yourself on the backburner. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Rather than look at yourself as a...
When I see the bins of crayons at the store and glimpse those shiny yellow school buses making their way across town, I know we’re it’s Back to School time. Going back-to-school meant unblemished notebooks. It meant freshly sharpened pencils that didn’t have teeth...
I have to confess that I love Monday mornings. After making our morning coffee and then waving “good bye” to JB as he heads to his office, I take my first cup of coffee out on the patio where I experience this magical transition moment. I load a bamboo...
One of the complaints I hear often from folks is that here is a disconnect between the kind of life they want to live and the life they are actually living. Sometimes, it’s the smallest of things that make them aware of the disconnect. Other times, something big...
Getting married is a great way to celebrate your love for your partner and share that love with all of your family and friends. Although weddings are a lot of fun, they can also be a super stressful experience. If you do not plan it carefully, you can end up with a...
After my divorce, I started dating again. I was surprised to find love again, but the problem was he was a player. We’d dated on and off for seven years. I had begun working on my life coaching certification. The question each lesson seemed to answer was how to love...
Though I don’t have any employees in my business, I have many clients who do. And managing their staff is always high on the list of topics we discuss in our coaching sessions. Keeping employees happy while also ensuring their business runs successfully can feel...
In the summer of 1998, I had my very first Windows Vista computer and my own AOL account. I set it up at the end of our dining room table, dragged a twenty-foot phone cord from the living room over, and waited for the beep beep beep. By the time fall rolled around,...