When WFH (work from home) became the new normal, it felt like a godsend for an introvert like me. It allowed me to do my best work, on my own schedule, without the distractions of a traditional office. Over time though, this newfound flexibility turned out to be both a blessing and a curse. Here… Read More
After I sold our family business, I was fortunate enough to have the time and resources to take a career break, or sabbatical. I absolutely needed it after grinding it out every day for five years while running the business, but, I made the mistake of going into it without a proper game plan and… Read More
Let me begin by sharing how a perfect storm of changes led me to analysis paralysis in the first place. Over the last year and a half, I’ve had a few significant life events – I sold our family business, sold my house in Houston, moved to Los Angeles, got engaged, started a new business,… Read More
The lines between coaching, consulting, therapy (and other professional services) get blurred often because they all focus on providing guidance to the client, just in different ways. The distinctions between these services center around a few things: what the client’s objective is, if that objective is focused on the past or the future, and how… Read More
This is a tough question to answer, but the best way to think about when to hire a coach is this: if you know you want to make a change, and you know you have the capacity to do so, but you’re not sure how – that is when you hire a coach. There are… Read More
I was turned onto coaching when I had reached a major crossroads in my life about a year and a half ago…Overwhelmed by change, I was basically at square one, and had no idea what my next step should be…I hired a career coach…After just one session with her, I felt my entire world begin to shift. After just one session with her, I felt my entire world begin to shift. She listened to me so intently and asked the right probing questions to get me to observe my situation in a different light. This is what coaching is – it’s not someone telling you what they think you should do, but rather, it’s asking you questions to get you to come to those realizations yourself.