(To listen to this article in podcast form, scroll to the bottom and push play!) I love a good gift guide! Gift guides are so fun. The internet has brought us the ability to review and recommend, which is something that 30+ years ago wasn’t even part of the shopping landscape. My …
Design Your Life
The other day, one of my coaching clients said to me, “I’m accepting that my path can look different than I envisioned.” When she was a young adult, she had the mindset that if she didn’t meet the vision she had for her life at that particular time point, she’d be a failure. It’s taken her …
Scheduling Your Balance: My Summer of Lake
(Note: If you'd like to listen to this post as a podcast episode, scroll to the bottom!) There’s something about summer that makes me want to have a fun goal. Not just any goal... a goal that involves having fun. I remember always trying to make goals like that as a kid in school – …
What It’s Like to Live Off-Grid in the Wilderness
(Scroll to the bottom to hear this post in podcast form) As a longtime traveler having done lots of slow travel, I find different ways of living fascinating. People are so varied and individual in terms of how they prefer to live… individual, just like work-life balance. Not many people live …
Navigating the World of Social Media
In today's always-on, information overload, highlight reel, echo chamber world, how do you stay sane? How do you balance social media and device use - arguably an imperative activity for most of us - with other things that matter? I recently prepared and delivered a talk on this subject at The …
Kids, Failure, and Mindset
All over the internet, you see proud parents posting about amazing things their kids have done – winning games, earning trophies, getting awards. It’s beautiful… but also incomplete. There are so many things our loved ones do that don’t fit the outward metrics of success and adoration, and …
