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What if going to work felt like going to Paris?

I remember when I received my first acceptance letter to graduate school. It felt like I had won the lottery. And the day I was offered a...

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The Hardest Part of a Hard Conversation

I was working with James (not his real name) last week who is the executive director and founder of a thriving nonprofit. The good news...

5 min

Dear Holidays. I surrender.

There is so much associated with the holiday season in Western culture. Traditions. Expectations. Emotions. So. Many. Emotions. Here’s...

7 min

Feedback zingers and what to do about them

Feedback zingers. You know the ones. Those sarcastic one liners that feel like a hunting knife straight to the heart. Or sometimes it...

7 min

Hello Rejection, my old friend

Rejection. It’s a part of life and often a necessity if we want to make our way forward in this world. For instance, last spring, I was...

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Smoothing out the stop-go, fast-slow pace of life

Have you ever felt paralyzed with fear… then motivated, passionate, and on fire… and then been forced to slow down? Freeze. Go fast. Go...

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Making hard new things feel as easy as going to the grocery store

I asked my husband, Jason, “It’s the last morning of our Gap Year. Do you think we’ve changed?” Our family has just spent the past...

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How to succeed when Sisyphus failed

Do you ever feel like you’re Sisyphus – cursed by Hades, God of the Underworld, to push a boulder uphill for all eternity. After...

11 min

How to Find Anger and Turn it into Rocket Fuel

Since childhood I’ve suppressed, hidden, and compartmentalized negative emotions like fear, sadness, and anger… especially anger. All...

6 min

Feeling stuck? Seek a different perspective.

When was the last time you got to look down on your life and the world from a completely different perspective? I recently had the...

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Five tips for navigating uncertain times

Navigating a chaotic, ever-changing, uncertain, risky, ambiguous, volatile landscape seems like standard operating procedure for many...

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That "look"

You know the one. There’s a “look” I got as an Asian female each time I walked into a board room full of superintendents in collared...

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How to manage your email

Email Stress The first email was sent 50 years ago. Today, it’s ever so easy for email to become a source of tremendous stress,...

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What Leaders Need Right Now

Since October, I’ve been engaged in a mini-research project trying to understand the needs of the leaders I serve. I had a hunch that...

9 min

How to slow down your frantic, overwhelming holiday season

Stacking. Dysregulation. Stress. Recentering. Visions. Armor. A lot has happened since Thanksgiving. My family spent a glorious...

7 min

Ode to Being Phoneless (Part 1 - The Lessons)

Modern day professionals like me rely on our phones so much. They’re so much more than a simple piece of technology. We can practically...

4 min

What If Your Shell No Longer Fits? Time to Molt!

Do you ever get stuck on a project, with a big goal, or in life? Do you sometimes feel like you’d rather hide under a rock than do that...

12 min

How to Realize an Impossible Dream

Some people seem to live impossibly dreamy lives and achieve things that appear completely unreachable for us normal human beings. I’m...

7 min

I'm starting a movement. Join me!

2020 seemed like a dumpster fire of a year for many of us. How has this year been for you? These are the news headlines: COVID. Political...

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The Price You Pay for Not Switching Off

I was about to apologize to you for not publishing a blog post in the past two months. But I won’t. Passionate leaders often find it’s...

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