Heavy-ish I know but on my mind this week. Last week, an amazing teacher here in Alexandria, died at the high school where he taught. He had been teaching longer than I have been alive. So there has been lots of discussion of my friends who were or had children who...
Yeah, I know. We usually say get out of the heat. But what if you step in to the difficult conversation? What can you make happen? What can you change? Sure, stepping into the trouble spot has risk. But it also has opportunity. What hot spot can you step into to make...
That’s it. Then 2023 will be done. Where will you be? Is it where you want? Is it where you left off in 2022? Somewhere in between. I don’t know about you but this year has been filled with starts and stops and do-overs. But we still have half left. Where do you want...
I love this quote from David Foster Wallace, “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.” It could easily apply to me for most of my life. But here’s the thing, when it’s time to let go, it’s time to let go. And clinging? It just makes things harder on...
As we near the end of the year and we start taking stock, your year may again look nothing like what you’d planned. And that’s ok. Didn’t get it all done? No worries. I bet you got more done than you think. And managing uncertainty takes energy. I know lots of people...
I did at least until I was five. Then I saw my mom’s friend before he finished dressing the part. They tried to convince me “he was just helping.” But for five years, I believed in a magical thing. And life seemed to live up to it. Here’s the thing. Believing in...
