…We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time… ~ T.S. Eliot
I never know who I’m going to be from one season to the next. Sometimes spring infuses me with dynamic energy and renewed determination. Sometimes winter lingers to haunt the [...]
From the category archives:
Coaching Moments
As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color. ~ Elizabeth Berg
I’m a quote-hunter, an unashamed gatherer of quotes. Capturing the words that resonate with me is like gathering wild berries, nuts and seeds, windfalls of [...]
It is…the parent willing to nurture a child that will decide our fate. ~ Barack Obama, in his inauguration speech.
For many of us, too many choices can be overwhelming. For the anxious perfectionists among us, the thought of making the wrong choice from an overwhelming array of possibilities can be paralysing, especially if the first [...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it
…and I feel fine! ~ R.E.M lyrics
My kids came home from school yesterday, bursting with all the gossip they’d heard about The End of the World. Luckily, because of what I’ve learned on my coaching journey, I’m no longer daunted by conversations about particle physics and [...]
…We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time… ~ T.S. Eliot
I never know who I’m going to be in January. Sometimes the New Year infuses me with dynamic energy and renewed determination. Sometimes the old year haunts the [...]
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. ~ Kahlil Gibran
I woke very early today, too early to start clattering and clanging in [...]
I’ve recently read a surprising number of newsletters and blogs which have used the phrase “the ‘R’ word” to refer to economic recession. Now these aren’t coy writers I’m talking about; they’re highly respected, powerful coaches who inspire and lead many others. I don’t know why they use the phrase, but it got me thinking [...]
We must be open to all points of the compass; husband, children, friends, home, community; stretched out, exposed, sensitive like a spider’s web to each breeze that blows, to each call that comes. How difficult for us, then, to achieve a balance in the midst of these contradictory tensions, and yet how necessary for the [...]
“We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.” ~ Goethe
I’d like to start this month’s article by begging you, pleading with you not to take a moment [...]
