challenges

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How to get good at impostor syndrome

Impostor syndrome. It sucks. In case you haven’t heard the term before, impostor syndrome is a fear of failure that manifests as extreme...

6 min

What's the opposite of overwhelmed?

So many leaders right now are burnt out, tapped out, and strung out. Too much to do, too little time. Juggling too many things. Wearing...

9 min

When Emotions Explode - Part 2

Last week, we dove into what emotions are and the importance of feeling feelings all the way through in Part 1 of When Emotions Explode....

9 min

When Emotions Explode - Part 1

My husband, Jason, and I have had the same fight for 18 years. Who’s doing more dishes? I know. Dishes. Not a big deal and such a big...

4 min

Are you stuck? The way out is scientific.

I just got off a call with someone who recently moved to a new town and felt stuck exploring career options in the new community. She had...

7 min

The number one way leaders sabotage themselves

Imagine your car has a custom 25 gallon maximum capacity gas tank but someone sabotaged it to stop filling at 12 gallons. No matter what...

9 min

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...

6 min

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...

7 min

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...

5 min

Five tips for navigating uncertain times

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

5 min

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...

8 min

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,...

9 min

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...

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