No Clear Path Forward
I’ve learned over the past four years that the word, ‘transition,’ is a loaded term. We use it to describe everything from the vital first efforts of a new presidential administration, a.k.a. a...
View ArticleLeaving and Leading
By this time – many years into solid research on transitioning – one might imagine that I’ve learned all there is to know about the topic. I was reminded after my recent trip to San Francisco of how...
View ArticleCancer: Driven to Distraction
She is fighting back tears. Something is the matter. Her adult daughter is spinning around the lobby trying to architect some semblance of normalcy. I learn from a few abbreviated sentences that the...
View ArticleFinding Light….
How could it be December 24th? This post was originally on the docket for the slower moving days immediately after Thanksgiving. Remember those? Here we are with all of that in the rear view mirror....
View ArticleRethinking Failure
Failure. failure. FAILURE. What pops into your mind when you hear the word? Is it a failed relationship? Or a job offer that never materialized? Or a mortgage that was never approved? Or a marriage...
View ArticleMy struggle with kindness
Do you practice kindness? I know it sounds pretty odd but this whole kindness business is getting under my skin. The reason is really simple. I’ve witnessed time and again an unintended consequence...
View ArticleA new twist on being seen
What does it mean to you to be seen? At first glance, ‘being seen’ might make you think about your presence or absence at something important. Were you at the right meeting? The right party? The right...
View ArticleThe Power of Our Responses
How do you respond in the normal course? Are you empathetic? Resourceful? Singularly-focused? Kind? I’ve been stuck on this topic for weeks, ever since I heard a piece on NPR that talked about the...
View ArticleSuspending Expectations
I laughed out loud the other day as I read the NY Times article, Giving In to Letting Go. The piece was all silliness about ditching beauty routines given that we are all sequestered in our living...
View ArticleShowing Up in Uncertainty
I remember a Harvard Business School professor of mine sharing a story with us one day before class started. “It matters that you show up.” He said. His friend had lost a loved one. My professor went...
View ArticleSmiling from the Heart
Have you seen it? It’s all over the media. I feel as if I have run into it at every turn since August 11, 2020, the day candidate Joe Biden announced his vice presidential running mate, Senator Kamala...
View ArticleRBGs Invitation
RIP RBG. You left us at an unprecedented moment. We have a global pandemic, an increasingly dour economic outlook, deepening societal unrest, and a stark reminder that democracy is not a spectator...
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