“Periods of recovery are likewise intrinsic to creativity and to intimate connection. Sounds become music in the spaces between notes, just as words are created by the spaces between letters. It is in the spaces between that love, friendship, depth and dimension are nurtured.”
—Jim Loehr
I live a life that I am incredibly grateful for; a [...]
Continue reading about Empty Spaces (and Moving Past Loneliness)
I would be remiss if I didn’t write the obligatory “big personal athletic moment as metaphor for life” blog post after finishing my triathlon. So here I go.
Contrary to the story I made up for many years that “I could never do a triathlon because the swimming would kill me,” yesterday I completed the See [...]
Continue reading about Triathlon: 5 Things I Learned From Panicking… then Finishing
With the flu still sweeping through my office like the plague, it got me thinking: even without a physical fever, I’ve been feeling tired and stressed at work lately (as you may have noticed from the topics of recent posts), which has a negative ripple effect on all the other areas of my life.
In a [...]
Continue reading about Temperature Check: What’s Your Quality of Life?
I love coaching. I love it because of the way it helps me get laser-focused on what’s important, and because I know there’s someone on the other end of the line really helping me become my own best self by asking powerful questions and challenging me to think outside of the box. I also feel [...]
I finished my marathon! And I’m alive! And I ran the entire time! Okay – so I’m really excited about this – can you tell?!
I spent 6 hours and 20 minutes today pounding pavement, mostly having fun but also in pain and ready to be done for pretty much ALL of the last TEN miles. [...]
Setting goals is easy. Pick something you want to do or have and follow the SMART formula. Sticking to the goals you’ve set is an entirely different story.
Some goals are slippery – they never really seem graspable, and before you know it you’ve forgotten all about them. Really meaningful goals are sticky – they take [...]
