Two men. Two different scripts. And a rather uncomfortable question. Imagine discovering that your entire life is a lie. Your marriage. Your friendships. Your career…
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Watch out for the bait
I don’t know about you, but I used to think that speaking up was a sign of strength. And sometimes it is. Sometimes saying exactly what needs to…
Knowledge is power but ignorance is bliss
I was taught that knowledge is power. Perhaps that’s why I’ve spent so much of my life continuing to learn across very different fields. But knowledge…
Two sides of coaching
We tend to think of creativity as producing something artistic and external: a painting, a book, a performance. But moving through change is also a…
Four days to forgiveness
I wasn’t looking for the Lindsay Clancy trial. It showed up in my daily email from The New York Times, and something about it caught my attention…
The bills we keep paying
In the 1920s, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik heard an interesting observation about restaurant waiters. They could remember complicated orders…
Racing through time
Sundays come with a little more space, a little more quiet, and a little more room to notice what’s really going on inside us. Maybe that’s why Sundays can be such a…
The one I long for
On my journey as a wellbeing coach, I’ve realized that we often begin in the wrong place. We focus on what’s wrong, what’s missing, what hurts, and what needs to be…
On meaning and purpose
There are moments when I catch myself asking a very simple question: Am I contributing to making the world a better place in any way? Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist and…
The magic of touch
Valentine’s Day is a day filled with flowers, hearts, and reminders to say “I love you.” Yet the most powerful expressions of love are never spoken. They happen through presence…