“I would like to know how to keep myself motivated?” My client brought this topic up the other day.  She has been stepping up to lead a women engineering community at work for a while.  I asked why she does it since it’s outside of her work responsibilities. Upon answering the question, her face lit […]

I recorded a video yesterday and put it on social. I haven’t been this raw in a while and experienced what Brené Brown calls “vulnerability hangover” today. This is why, I want to share the video with you. Fears, insecurity, and judgements still come up for me. ALL THE TIME. I still don’t embrace them […]

“I know I am valuable but it’s hard to have any energy to focus on myself” Amy said in our coaching conversation. “Why?” I asked.  “I am the type of person who cares for everyone. I’m the cheerleader and the helper in the family.” She answered. Then, I said to her, “so, everyone gets the […]

Our brain loves to categorize things right or wrong, good or bad, black or white. We can easily make 35,000 decisions a day. How amazing is that! Therefore, labeling is a helpful habit – to make automatic decisions to reduce the cognitive load. Yet, labeling things can also prevent us from seeing the broader (and […]

Are you a human BEING? Or a human DOING? From my own experience and many people I’ve coached, I would say – we are a human DOING probably more than 90% of the time. We live in a society where we tie our values to constant output and achievements. We often feel guilty or feel […]