Let’s have an honest discussion about lies. I’ll start by admitting that I too, find myself lying, even if just a little, every once in a while. Let me explain. Someone (let’s assume it’s me) stands in line at the DMV to renew their driver’s license, as we all do every four years. At the…
Many, if not most of the women who come to seek life coaching from me, arrive with a similar story – they feel stuck. Stuck in a job that is stagnating, no longer able to find the joy they once did in it, or short on promotion prospects. Stuck in a marriage that no longer…
The corona-virus put us under varying degrees of lock-down since March of 2020. As of this writing, we have over a quarter-million dead as a result of the virus in the U.S., and there is no end to it in sight. Great forces have been steering the Covid-19 response, often in opposite directions. Scientists and…
We are highly social creatures. We show personal interest in others from an early age, and begin to explore romance early. We practice relationships, trying and failing, learn from our mistakes, and improve with experience. Romantic associations form and crumble. Young people and old folks fall in and out of love in a perpetual quest…
This year has been a series of unimaginable events, affecting every aspect of our life. Like house cats, spending their lifetime indoors, we too were relegated to spend our entire day at home. Like them, we look outside longingly and reminisce about times we were able to go anywhere at will, worry-free. Oh, February, how…
Personal and professional tensions are intertwined these days, as many of us work from home. Workplace waves crash against the home front undercurrents, forming an emotional whirlpool inside us. Uncooperative co-workers, unwilling bosses, and ineffective subordinates. School-age remote-learning children, unemployed and underemployed young adult kids, anxious spouses, and freaked-out of their mind friends. Each feeds…
Fear. Hides behind corners of our imagination and lurks in the depth of our consciousness. Fed by bad experiences, misinformation, and lack of confidence. Eats at the core of our decision making ability, exposing us to potential mental and physical harm, financial loss, and social ridicule. Fear. Acts both as a behavioral repellent and challenger….
September. Smells of Autumn are in the air and the August heat is finally breaking. It is hard to accept that it had only been six months since the rise in Coronavirus cases sent us all into social hibernation. These days, after what feels to be longer than actual time, we are still attempting to…
When looking back on our life, we can recognize many disappointments and shattered dreams. Jobs we did not get, careers we did not achieve, friendships that did not reach our expectations, or romantic prospects and relationships that did not live up to our hopes. We make peace with some of these, accepting the realities and…
I fix things. As a kid, I fixed discarded toys, and made them my own to play with. When I was ten, my mom gave me a broken alarm clock, which I repaired and used for a while, before I found a better use for it – take it apart and put it back together,…