Y’all.  I’ve got lists for days.  Lists of things that need to get done, and that get re-written week after week, moving one thing off and three things on.  Lists for this crazy month of May, for June and the end of school, for the calendar of summer weekends that alre...

Happy spring y’all!  We cut our first daffodils from the yard yesterday.  And by we, I mean my three-year-old yanked them out and brought them to me.  They now rest in a vase in the middle of our counter, reminding us of this season of things blooming anew.  This is ou...

 Just having  a day where I'm feeling the need to put this into the universe.  Whatever is holding you back, whatever is tough at this moment, remember, that you, too, are tough, strong, powerful, and capable.  Take one small step toward conquering fear.  You've got th...

Sometimes your morning in the wintery Pacific Northwest starts with your car being sucked into the snowy ditches on the side of your driveway.  I'm sure this had nothing to do with the fact that I was running late and rushing out of the driveway.  Nope.  Nothing to do...

Wow!  2019 has brought tons of new clients, both individuals and within organizations.  It has been an exciting (and busy!) time, and I have never so frequently exclaimed “I have the best job EVER!”  Thank you for sharing yourselves and organizations with me!

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I hope this turn of a calendar has found you with a sense of renewal and openness for what may come. Yes, this newsletter is something new.  Oh wait, the newsletter I started has been turned into this blog post.  Yes. It's coming mid -to-late-month-ish. And yes, all my...

The email title showed up in my inbox on December 31, a day I use to set my intentions for the next year.  And for some reason, the title or the part that showed up in the bold preview feature struck me: "A Little Happier, Sometimes,..."  What a powerful metaphor for t...

A few weeks ago, I was working with a client who had just been offered an amazing opportunity to do something she loves and excels at, something she has identified as a source of joy, light and energy in her world.  Something she is good enough to earn additional incom...

A while back, I shared my fear of frogs and especially their unpredictable hoppy-ness. And this particular frog was in our basement.  Cue panic.  A few nights later, my superhero husband caught the little amphibian and released it outside our house.  I celebrated that...

Right now, I have an obsession with joy.  Not just happiness, but true joy, the feeling of losing track of time from being completely contented and in flow with something.  

When I started my journey to coaching and returned from my training, I found myself u...