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When I came across this quote recently, it really resonated for me: “Forgiveness is distracting yourself from what’s keeping you in a lower vibration”  It took me a few minutes to come to a more fulsome understanding.  But I think I’ve got it now.  We all operate at a vibrational level, and the level of…

Ah, procrastination.  Who among us doesn’t have some aspect of their day where procrastination rears its head? Which of us doesn’t know at least one friend or family member who either IS a procrastinator or calls themselves one?  I’m beginning to wonder if procrastination is truly the “bad guy” we so often label it to…

As a master worrier, I’d always considered myself quite an authority on the topic. For years I saw it as my entitled right to worry. I figured the more I worried, the more it showed I cared about someone or some situation. The more it demonstrated my level of engagement. I so identified with the…

Here’s a quote I found on a calendar I keep on my desk.  It’s one of those evergreen calendars that has one quote per day, and I’ve referred to it for years now.  This quote was on the January 14 date: “ Your motion forward is inevitable; it must be.  You cannot help but move…

If you think coaching and mentoring are one in the same, you are not alone. While they share some similarities, there are significant differences.  And the biggest one is that a mentor is usually someone who has valued experience in the same or similar field as the individual being mentored. A coach is someone who…

So there I was, planning to read one of my new Christmas books, or at least get a good start on it, as I boarded my Porter Airlines flight from Halifax to Toronto one day in February.  I had no plans to do anything more than politely acknowledge my seatmate. We both greeted each other,…

Hey, we all want to believe that we are caring, empathetic, compassionate folk.  That we pay attention to what others think.  Having these qualities makes the world a better place.  Right? But how about when we go overboard?  When we make decisions for ourselves, based more on what others think than what our heart or…

Last year, I worked for six months with a client who diagnosed himself with “imposter syndrome”. He had a number of skill sets. He appeared to have a pretty high I.Q. His E.Q. appeared to be way above average. He had a good job that paid well. But he hankered for something more, and different…

I had a client who was with me for about three years.  A senior leader in a high profile position, well respected, making lots of money, doing well by anyone’s standards.  Including her own.  But she had hired a coach because she knew she had more to learn about being a better leader.  About raising…

I recently read this quote in a biz magazine, from a senior exec at Shopify. Here’s what they said: “Until recently it was a weird dirty secret that some of the best leaders in the world have coaches. So I’ve become very vocal about it, because I think it’s important. Coaching at Shopify actually started…