The Dangers of Diagnosis Today’s post is inspired by a voicemail message left for me by a client inquiring about my services. “I’m 38 years old, a GS-14 and bipolar 2” it said in part. When I’m working with clients primarily…
Shifting Perspective This week’s post is about the importance of shifting perspective through a process of open-ended, curious exploration. It applies to just about any situation in which you feel stuck, whether that be in a job, in a relationship,…
Love Love is a word with a broader range of meanings than almost any other verb / noun in the English language. Which is why it can sometimes be a confusing term. We can love our parents, our mate, our…
Seek to Understand Rather than be Understood This phrase, part of the Prayer of St. Francis (attributed to St. Francis of Assissi) and the fifth of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, is one of the fundamental…
Give Your Partner the Gift of Accepting that We’re All Wired Differently Emily and Randy are a couple I’ve been seeing intermittently for the last year. When they first came to me they were on the verge of breaking up over…
I wrote this post on Saturday but because of internet problems I haven’t been able to post it until tonight. It’s my blankedy-blank birthday (more on that in a minute) so I’m celebrating by diverging from my usual format, and…
We all label people. It makes functioning in the world simpler when the people we encounter can be placed in a category with which we are already familiar. We meet a Republican and we assume that she’s relatively conservative; we…
I previously wrote about psychological barriers that prevent people from taking the steps they need to in order to move forward on finding a new job or career: “Psychological Blocks to Pursuing a Better Career.” In brief, they were perfectionism,…
Travel often shakes up the way one views the world. The trip I recently made to Norway was eye-opening, and not simply vis-a-vis the magnificent scenery. I noticed numerous, stark contrasts between what is considered “normal” there and what is…
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