As sure as the sun, there are myriad materials proliferated in the career coaching world about how to put your best foot forward and “thrive” in your job. So-called experts publish books, articles, and what have you telling you that the key to success in your job starts and ends…

The title of this post comes from the book, The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz. Anyway — assumptions. We all do it. Me too. Why? We think it makes our lives easier. Uncertainty, blank space, can be hard. And yet, how annoying to be on the receiving end of…

Have you ever wondered whether or not you were professional “enough?” Maybe it’s a job interview or work event you’re preparing for and you wonder if you are professional enough to be well-received. But what does it mean to be professional? I want to talk today about the meaning of…

That’s it. That’s the story. To add, on this day as we come face to face with the leadership we have chosen, I recall the rejection of the “conniving” leaders of yore. Take a cursory look at google for the word “conniving” and the word “woman” appears more than once…

How are you going to crush it in 2021? Maybe you aren’t. Good for you. It’s a little odd to me the idea of planning to crush it this year. We’re still in a global pandemic, after all. But also listen: lots of us have like major (like major payjor)…

As we close out the year, we often ponder what we might release or do differently in the new one. Today, I offer up one suggestion — let go of your nemesis. Some months ago, I encountered the phenomenon of having a nemesis. Usually in a career setting, it’s an…

Earlier today I found myself observing a group of birds (and luckily did not suffer the fate of this man). There were probably twenty or so of them. Gathered around an area where there was, perhaps, food. The birds pecked and puttered away. …

Lol, I love me a good overly dramatic title!!! But on to why we are here: Very recently, I discovered that something I long believed I liked was not something I actually liked at all. Like, at all, at all. In some ways, it was deeply liberating. Being able to…

Today, I’m getting a little into the ~*ether*~ and writing about airy mistreatment. As far as I know this isn’t an official concept, but it’s what I’m using to describe subtle yet profound actions that are used to mistreat others. The reason why I say it is airy as opposed…