(Scroll to the bottom of this article to listen in podcast form!) Recently I was coaching a client who identified one of her core values as flexibility. When I do work-life balance coaching, I focus a lot on values. I ask clients a series of questions about their chosen words. Those questions …
How to Practice Compassion This Season
(Scroll to the bottom to hear this episode in podcast form!) If you’re a subscriber to my newsletter, you maaaaay have noticed that the three most recent newsletters had the exact same subject line. Whoops. (And by the way, if you’re not subscribed… Why not? Click here and get subscribed! In …
Lean Out Podcast: Perfectionism with Amna Shabbir
It might seem like a virtuous flaw. Being "perfect" is lauded by society. But perfectionism is a farce. And it really holds people back. What are you missing when you succumb to perfectionism? Progress. Connection. Learning. Maybe even love (especially for yourself). My guest on the …
How to Practice Acceptance
This week was supposed to be the start of my husband’s big trial in Salt Lake City. While the trial is only 10-12 days, the whole thing’s a 3-4 week process because they do witness prep and jury selection and a bunch of stuff before hand. He’s an intellectual property attorney, which in general is a …
How to Deal with Avoidance
(Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post to listen to this article in podcast form!) We all avoid things from time to time. We avoid a difficult conversation or an interpersonal interaction we know will be awkward. We avoid saying no to something we don’t want to do because we don’t want to …
Lean Out Podcast: Rest with Saundra Dalton-Smith
What kind of tired are you? This is the question Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith asked herself while lying on the bathroom floor, exhausted, many years ago. She was in the throes of burnout, working herself ragged as an internal medicine physician with young children. So she started researching. …
