blog + what's on my mind

Each morning this week, when I first woke up, my mind raced with everything I had to do in the day. My 11-year old was home from school because of self-isolation. It was a full week of clients and onboarding a new team. And I am committed to contributing to my work in a deeper way. I’m juggling a lot of things right now, and I’m sure you are too. A […]

For me, the month of July means summer vacation, enjoying time at the lake with family and friends, and taking a real break from the daily responsibilities and to-dos. And, to reset and recalibrate from the past few months. This summer though, I realized that I needed an even bigger reset than usual! After a year […]

Want to really enjoy your summer vacation? So many people are ready for a real break. When you’re feeling tapped out from juggling it all. Dreaming of vacation days, some downtime and fun with your family and friends, and the joy of simply disconnecting from your usual daily responsibilities. If this is you, your mind […]

If you’re like most people, you end the day or the week feeling like you didn’t do enough.  You might have the best of intentions when you start your day or week, but you end up getting side-tracked with last-minute issues and other people’s requests. Deadlines get delayed, piling up the work. And, you feel […]

People are often surprised to discover that I am “terrible” at organizing my email inbox. In any given mailbox, I might have more than 15,000 unread emails . . . . . . even though managing your email effectively to achieve “inbox zero” is a tried-and-true time management tactic. You see, even back in my […]

Back in my corporate project management days, it would be frustrating when we would do an overhaul of a process, but the revolutionary new approach often ended up being similar to the old thing, just with a different name. There would be the same underlying issues and pain points. We wouldn’t truly achieve the desired […]

Last year, I worked with a Director from Microsoft who was feeling overwhelmed and overloaded. Sarah is mission-driven, wanted to create an impact in her work and world, and is a high achiever. When we started to work together, she was also feeling “scattered, disorganized, unfocused, tired, not enough time for value-add work” and so […]

Feeling like your weeks are a bit of a rollercoaster? One day you are crushing it and feeling high energy, and the next day it seems like nothing is going right and you’re wondering how you’ll make it through the day? You aren’t alone. Especially now when our days are often turned upside down and […]

As we near the holiday season, so many people are feeling tapped out, exhausted and in need of a real break. It’s been months of performing “business as usual” in a freakin’ pandemic – nothing is business as usual here! Be it working from home with boundaries blurred, putting in longer hours to fit it all […]

A lot of the work I do (with clients and myself) is focused on getting clear on what success looks like in YOUR life . . . and then having the courage to strive for THAT. Not what your company thinks, or society thinks, or you see on Instagram or what everyone else is doing. […]