Pivot to present

I had a client, Patrick (not his real name), who was stuck in his story of “not enough”—not smart enough, educated enough or experienced enough for the big, new job he had. The more the story snaked through his head, the more he listened, and the more he listened, the more he started to believe the narrative. The worthiness story is, unfortunately, a common one. Self-doubt creeps in, and left...

Dedicate some time for yourself

One of the most wonderful things about coaching is the dedicated time where your coach is 100% focused on you.  It’s your time to use however you want. Sometimes you go into a coaching session with a specific issue or topic in mind, laser focused. Other times, you stumble through various topics in the beginning of...

Invest in yourself

I recently attended an Executive Coaching Conference in New York. The conference theme was Internalizing and Scaling a Coaching Mindset for Organizational Impact. A colleague sent me an email about the conference late last year, and it looked like an incredible opportunity to learn and network. However, it was a bit...

Find Out How Perseverance Paid Off

Clear Defeats Fear: A Personal Case Study, Part 2 In my last newsletter, I shared how getting clear defeated my fear of following my passion and asking for what I wanted at work, which is to coach new leaders. Armed with my dream job description, outline of job duties, research, and most importantly, an openness to outcomes, I met with the Senior Vice President of Strategic Talent...