​The Lenses We Use

The constellation behind how I live and coach, on a day of celebration, grief, and magical lessons. 🎶Once in awhile you get shown the light… in the strangest of places if you look at it right…🎶 My mother was a Libra. Today, October 8th, is her birthday. It's the first one since she passed away last November. She went into hospice the day before her birthday; the nurses had her room decorated with birthday signs and cards. People kept calling her Mary though, which was o

Almost a year ago, I started reading AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner. As someone who reads several books at once, it's not unusual for one to be set aside. Thankfully, I recently went back to it, and I am so glad I did. Sometimes the right insights only land when the timing is also right. The final chapters of the book beautifully link awe to systems thinking, showing how people turn to systems to make sense of t

It is worth it. And here's why. I come from a family of teachers—it’s in my DNA. Teaching was what we did, how we learned, and what we...

Gallup recently conducted research across 52 countries, identifying the four highest needs that followers have of their leaders—or, in...

A specialist in general processes. How we do things will always trump what we do.

My cousin's husband is the head coach for the men's soccer team at a prestigious university. He has been for several years, and from the...

Grief and Love are 2 sides of the same coin; we grieve what we love. Last night I had the great pleasure of beginning a three-month...

Mood Follows Action – Action Creates Mood I can't tell you how many times I have NOT felt like going for a run. Or to the gym. My mood...

Memorial Day is a day for remembrance and reflection. And gratitude. For those that gave the ultimate sacrifice, and for those that...

A voice whispered in my head this morning..."trust the training..." The voice was not mine – but an old running buddy’s. She said this...

Language Games: the many ways in which words have meanings. A look at how we use words -- as leaders, as coaches, as humans.

What does slowing down mean to you? Is it possible on a larger societal scale?