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I have gone down a rabbit hole. I admit it. I have become obsessed with figuring out how to uncover limiting thoughts that get in the way of living a life and having a career that is in complete alignment...
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We all grow. That is part of the human experience. We grow older. We grow taller. We grow in our understanding of the world and our place in it. And we grow in our career…yet sometimes people do not see...
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A-YO-WA! Yep. That is my new acronym that stands for A Year of Wild Abandon.  Can you feel it? I know you’ve felt it before. That tug towards a life of wild abandon, of going after our dreams without restriction....
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“I felt self-conscious, like I wasn’t pulling my weight” . “I felt like an imposter”. These were the first words out of the mouth of my coaching client during a recent session. She is a software engineer. Part of her...
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Which came first? The chicken or the…pig? I was reading a book recently and the author had a funny one-liner that made me laugh…and made me think. When it comes to bacon and eggs, the chicken is involved but the...
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I was listening to a radio program recently. A woman was interviewing folks and asking what their favorite sound was. Mine would be laughter. I know many of you are making plans to get together with family over the holidays...
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I have been working with the concept that there are no mistakes. If you know me, you know that I have said the phrase, “Everything is happening for my/your benefit” more than once. My heart believes this idea. My head...
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One of the questions you can count on at some point in an interview is being asked to tell the interviewer about yourself. I ask this question every time I start a conversation with someone who I am supporting on...
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I was listening to a recent Martha Beck podcast. She told a story she heard from Liz Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things) that sparked something in me. A man told Liz that he...
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“How’s the job search going?” I ask my client. “I am not so motivated” is her reply. I laugh and say, “Motivation is overrated. When it comes to a job search if you wait until you’re motivated it’s like waiting...
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