A lot has been written about burnout lately. When I first felt burnout, I didn’t recognize it. I couldn’t name it. I probably called it overworking, or work-related stress, or being a workaholic. I remember the mental stress, and the physical symptoms like...
How do you start your day? I have an executive coaching client who likes to start her day early. She makes her favorite coffee and savors it while thinking about her day and looking at her calendar. She determines her three most important priorities and works on those...
Happiness is a choice, not a feeling. We can reframe our thinking, and shift from reacting to what happens to us to choosing to feel peaceful and calm.
Instead of focusing on the gap between what we wanted to achieve last year and where we landed, focus on your gains and your mindset to become happier and grow.
Savoring can help us counteract our tendency to focus more attention on negative things in our lives than on positive things.
What would you do if you knew you would succeed? What would you do if you knew you would not fail? What one thing would you like to achieve in the final months of 2022? It might be something personal, like lose 20 pounds. It might be something about a...
You got into your field because you wanted to make a difference, because your work had meaning. But along the way, you’ve lost some of your spark. Your job can be draining. I understand that. Over time, your imperfections have been revealed. But that’s OK....
There are many talented nonprofit professionals in the Hampton Roads community. I’ve worked with many of them in my various roles as staff, board member, consultant, and coach. I often hear their frustrations and dreams. If you’re ready to envision a different and better future, I can help you achieve it.
I’m a military spouse, and I’ve been that since the day I married my husband, who served 23 years in the Navy. It was a great career for him and took us to several cities in the United States and even to Naples, Italy. But that’s the story I tell now. At the time we...
A good friend and successful, high-ranking nonprofit leader recently said to me, “where would we be without failure?” Our failures are gifts if we are willing to see them as such. We learn a lot more from our failures than from our successes. Don’t believe...