I recently did a 20 minute radio interview on the topic of making and keeping New Year’s Resolutions. Since most of you likely won’t hear the interview, I’m sending you the ‘cheat sheet’ that formed the core of the interview. Happy Holidays and have fun should you choose to make a resolution this New Year’s…

I get this question a lot. People want to know how a coaching conversation is different from a conversation with a good friend, or a co-worker you trust. Here’s what some of my clients say, that may help shed some light on what’s different; “My coach is not afraid to point out if you are…

One of my husband’s favorite and most used expressions is “let’s just keep it simple”. And it took me awhile to figure out what he really meant by this, and where he comes from when he says it. See, I thought at first, that he just didn’t want to bother with things being not-simple But…

Ever gotten sick and learned something about yourself from the experience? That happened to me this month. I ended up taking pretty much the entire month of February off. It wasn’t planned ahead. In fact, what I had planned was a holiday to Santa Fe to visit family. But I ended up postponing that trip…

A couple of months ago, I flew from Halifax to Toronto. My flight was scheduled to depart at 11 a.m. It didn’t happen. In fact, the flight didn’t leave until around 3:30 pm, due to mechanical difficulties. The ‘old me’ would have been impatient, pissed off, a bit frustrated, irritated and downright not happy. But…

Earlier this week a friend of mine passed away on PEI. She was one of those people who truly made the world a better place… for every single person who knew her. She had an amazingly strong faith- in herself, and in others. She believed in the goodness that is within us all. She had…

Have you ever come across someone who is so positive about everything that you want to shout at them “Get real…life is not like that all the time”? That used to be me. Not the super positive person but the naysayer. I prided myself on being a ‘realist’ and grounded and thought I was doing…

How often do you get to reflect on a situation, a problem, a comment, a thought or a feeling you’ve just had? I mean to really take some time and look at it from new angles, view it with a different perspective, take off your ‘judger’ hat and do some deeper thinking about what brought…

Work- Life Balance is a pretty popular concept these days. Front page headlines feature it. Magazines do too. Google it and you will find thousands of items listed. Professional coaches often work with clients who are struggling with their own version of ‘work life balance’. Makes a person wonder… what’s all the fuss about? What’s…

Everything is relative, don’t you think? A few weeks ago, after a rather miserable and long month of rain and clouds, the sun came out. Well, it sort of came out, for part of the day. And wouldn’t you know, our entire neighborhood was out mowing lawns and gardening, smiling and waving to each other……