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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Touchstone Word of the Year 2023
Today I’d like to share something that you can turn into a superpower. It’s a goal setting strategy that may change your life. I don't...
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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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Caffeine and Me
As a college student, I loved coffee, especially Peet’s Coffee. I was a two or three cups of coffee a day kind of gal. So naturally, as...
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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 Come Alive
I was asking a client today when the last time she felt the most alive. When had she last jumped out of bed with enthusiasm, excited...
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Why does adventure travel make you come alive? Hint: It's not adrenaline.
The worn tips of my hiking boots dangled over the edge of the Auckland Tower, the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere. The view...
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My abortion story
The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that seems poised to overturn Roe v Wade has dominated my thoughts over the past few days. In...
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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...
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Touchstone for 2022
This year, rather than setting a goal, creating a vision board, or making a New Years resolution, consider choosing a single word to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How to Invest in Yourself
I had a dinner table conversation with my daughter yesterday. My husband and I were talking about spending $5,000 on the kids’ education....
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Manifesto: Write a note to yourself about who you are at your best
Some life lessons are harder to learn than others. They are the ones that the universe keeps teaching us over and over again throughout...
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Recovering from the School Year from Hell with Three Forms of Synergy
As educators nationwide limp towards the finish line of the most disruptive school year in living memory, educational leaders face a...
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