I received a note from a colleague this week, saying she was taking time off in order to be with her family. I honoured that, and her clarity on knowing what comes first. I myself, and many of my clients, often forget to do this.…
I come up with blog ideas usually months in advance – I hear, read, or experience something that interests me and feel it might also interest my audience, setting up the title and overall subject-matter. Then the week prior, I write it. That’s the truth.…
I listened with fascination last week to a friend who was faced with some unexpected issues that prevented her from doing what she’d planned. I watched her complicate matters to the point that she felt overwhelmed and unable to even begin anything at all. It…
I remember a TV show I saw years ago where a young-ish medical student was considering giving up. She was pregnant and alone and just suffered a pregnancy-related stroke. I mean, under those circumstances, few would blame her for stepping away. Her mother listened to…
I hear so often about the increase in anxiety that everyone is feeling, and especially young people. This generalized anxiety can result in not feeling safe. That can end up increasing our sensitivity to perceived slights, which in turn, generates conflict, division, and hard feelings.…
When I was a teenager, a group of us would crowd around the dinner table of the Dutch mother of one of our friends for their traditional Friday evening meal. I remember that meal as being so much fun – choice prepared meats and cheeses,…