by Amy Steindler | Nov 30, 2021
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,...
by Amy Steindler | Jul 29, 2021
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...
by Amy Steindler | Jan 26, 2021
This is the second in a series of moments in which clients do important, transformational work that makes me want to give them a standing Ovation. Some details have been changed to protect confidentiality. Every word in every client’s story has been vetted and...
by Amy Steindler | Oct 25, 2020
This is the first in a series of moments in which clients do important, transformational work that makes me want to give them a standing Ovation. Some details have been changed to protect confidentiality. Every word in every client’s story has been vetted and...
by Amy Steindler | Mar 17, 2020
No, not the list you made at work. Your REAL values. We behave, it is said, in accordance with our values. That’s a disturbing thought, given my all-too-human propensity to act in ways that blatantly conflict with those attributes which I profess to value most highly....
by Amy Steindler | Jun 11, 2019
It happened AGAIN. The toilet seat was left in the standing position. A driver cut you off. A waitress got your order wrong. A customer service agent was useless. Someone cut you off in traffic. Your child still hasn’t done what you asked. A co-worker interrupted you...