Self-care: Usually defined as a massage, a pedicure, alone time, meditation, a yoga class, a treat, a retreat when the world gets a little too complicated, when you need to go back to yourself These are all great ideas. My self-care practices run along the same lines: 1. Doing something everyday that gives me joy 2. […]
Look before you leap or take a leap of faith
When you look before you leap, you make sure that there’s a safety net at the end in case things don’t work out. You do your due diligence. You time things properly so that the least number of lives get disrupted, including yours. You make a list of pros and cons. You ask for everyone’s […]
Why I decided to become a life coach
My counselor asked: Describe the fire within. I sat in front of him, soggy tissues clutched in my hand, trying to visualize what he had asked for, my eyes clenched. It’s a small flame, flickering, barely alive, wavering, as if it can be blown out any minute. I sat in front of him, week after […]
How life coaching changed my life: Coming from a place of love, not fear
“Close your eyes. Put your hand on your heart. Imagine a beautiful light glowing inside. Imagine that light enveloping you and reaching out to your friends. Imagine that this loving light is surrounding all of you.” My coach recently made me do this visualization. I was struggling with feeling judged by and resentful of a […]
Life coaching book club: Women, Food and God
Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth. This is another book that I would never have picked up as I thought it would be about strategies to lose weight and prevent yourself from overeating. But it’s more than that—it uses food and your consumption of it as a metaphor for what you value and what you […]
Why saying goodbye may be the best thing you can ever do
A year ago, I said goodbye to the role that defined me for almost two decades. I worked as a publisher at the largest magazine publishing company in the country. I started at 23 as an Associate Publisher, got promoted at 26 to Group Publisher and finally snagged the plum role of Publisher at 32. At […]
