The things we try to carry on our own

The things we try to carry on our own

I had a dream last night in which a woman I didn’t know was collapsing in grief on the sidewalk in front of a brightly lit theater marquee.  As I went to lift her up, she said, “You always know what to do.” I said to her, “Let me hold some of...
What We Most Need to Hear

What We Most Need to Hear

I was messaging another coach today, someone who once came to me as a client for a reality check. As I sent a few words of encouragement, I noticed a familiar and common phenomenon: the words I said to him were completely applicable to my own mindset in the moment. I...

Learning How to be Wrong

Some years ago, I heard a story about three-year-old Nolan running into his house to retrieve another ball.  He had to get another ball because Kurt, who was 47, “made a really BIG mistake,” having tossed the ball into the neighbor’s fenced yard,...
I Named My Inner Procrastinator “Juno”

I Named My Inner Procrastinator “Juno”

Hey. Yeah, I know. It’s been a minute. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking about writing. I think about it every day. It’s just that I haven’t actually sat my arse down in front of a keyboard. Well, that’s not actually true. Facebook knows it’s not true, and Jimmy...