Going with the flow was a concept I didn’t understand for a long time. I thought that the life I wanted to build had to be done through control and perfection. If I wanted something, hard work and, to be honest, forcing were required. I did not touch life with a light and graceful hand. […]
No, it’s not super strength. (Are you still on a high from Hidilyn Diaz’s Olympic gold medal win? I know I am.) The same night that Hidilyn was going beyond what she thought was possible, I was having a coaching conversation. My client* shared that she had initially scheduled a session to deal with her […]
Do you feel that July is a month of meh? That’s how I always saw it too. There was nothing to break its 31-day monotony. When schools started in June, July was a month when students would have settled into their routine, their schedules memorized, their classes long and repetitive. Nothing exciting was planned. July […]
When you see women who make leaps of faith (i.e. left the corporate world to become bakers, fashion designers, authors, yoga teachers, artists, shop owners), don’t you feel that they are possessed with a sacred power, some secret knowledge that’s unavailable to mere mortals like us? That’s what I thought too when I was in […]
So here’s the thing. I’m a big believer in big dreams—dreams that feel so out-there and completely unattainable from where you’re standing right now. What I don’t believe in? Dream jobs. And this is funny coming from someone who actually worked at her dream job. When I was in high school, I was obsessed with […]
I wrote this the day before my birthday—another birthday spent in ECQ lockdown. No outdoor meal in a restaurant. No planned beach trip. No socially-distanced visits with family and friends. I could wallow in self-pity. But that would be indulgent considering the number of people experiencing a more difficult day. I could be consumed by […]
