My friend Sarah Biedenharn died. She was 82 and had fought a valiant 14 year battle with ovarian cancer–the silent killer. The disease finally took her body but it never won her spirit. I am writing about this because the only way I can think to honor the memory of my friend is to spread [...]
Posts Tagged ‘thoughts’
Letting the tears flow
Posted in coaching, Healthy, Life, thoughts, tagged friends, friendship, inspiration, love, older friends, Ovarian Cancer, Sarah Biedenharn, thoughts on November 9, 2011 | 9 Comments »
When you are happy and you know it!
Posted in coaching, General, tagged business coach, change, coaching, happiness, Houston coach, inspiration, life coach, mindfulness, thoughts, transitions coach on January 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I run into a woman who told me how happy she was and how she was looking at her job with new eyes. At first, she was almost apologetic–she was a little bit self-conscious announcing her happiness! Then she realized I would appreciate her sentiments–what has the world come to if we have to [...]
On the future of young people
Posted in coaching, job search, tagged business coach, change, choice, coaching, friends, graduates, houston coaching, job search, life coaching, planning, recent college graduates, resume, thoughts on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I asked my friend Doug Leyendecker, a corporate recruiter in Houston, what his advice was for young people who are having a hard time finding a job. Doug is a creative type and I love his ideas–he suggested that young college graduates should head for Mumbai or Shangai and spend a couple of months [...]
Patience–develop it and hold on to it!
Posted in coaching, Healthy, Life, thoughts, tagged age, business coach, challenges, friends, houston transitions coach, inspiration, Life, life coach, patience, thoughts, women on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I read in a magazine that “Patience is like a muscle. If you don’t use it , it wastes away.” That assumes that we have patience at the start, but do we really? This past year I have had to develop the patience muscle–and I have found it to be so small!! I have [...]
what does competition do for you?
Posted in coaching, General, Healthy, Life, tagged change, choices, Houston business coach, houston transitions coach, inspiration, life coach, living, real estate, success, thoughts, transitions, transitions coach, women on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is some aspect of competition that is good–it keeps us on our toes, it makes us strive to be better, and it keeps us honest insofar as it requires us to compare ourselves to others and not live in splendid isolation. And yet competition as we live it in our American lives goes to [...]
Not taking oneself too seriously
Posted in books, coaching, Life, tagged Austin transitions coach, being serious, books, change, high maintenance, Houston coach, houston transitions coach, laughing, Life, life coach, the art of possibility, thoughts, Transition coach, transitions coach, women on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I think the secret to enjoying life is not to take myself too seriously. This is not something that comes naturally to most of us–I don’t know at what stage of our life we lose our ability to be playful and to see how whimsical life can be. Surely, transitions from childhood to adulthood [...]
Women with grace and power
Posted in coaching, tagged career, friends, grace. Dress for Success, suits, thoughts, transition, women on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a way to start a new week! I had breakfast with two women who are both mothers, powerful attorneys at large firms, and generous community volunteers. Although they are blessed to have much help in their lives, they are in stressful careers and make life look easy. I am amazed and in awe of [...]
Doing archeology on ourselves
Posted in coaching, tagged houston transitions coach, life coach, self, self-discovery, thoughts, time, women on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you cleaned out a closet recently? We recently moved and there was more than one to clean. As I look back on the process, I am fascinated by what I unearthed along the way…and it gave me time to pause and reflect on the person I used to be and the one I have [...]
Are you listening to yourself?
Posted in coaching, Life, thoughts, tagged heart, inspiration, life coach, thoughts, transitions, transitions coach, women, words on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever listened to the voices in your head? The ones that tell you that you must be crazy for feeling stuck in the high paying job, dumb for thinking that you could do something different…those same ones that said you could be better, more perfect, thinner, more beautiful, worthy etc! If we spent [...]
For all job seekers and connections!
Posted in coaching, General, Life, tagged anna grassini, coach, coaching, grassini, Houston coach, jobs, Networking, thoughts, Transition coach on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is an excellent article for people looking for a job or for those who are receiving calls from people they may not know to well. I love the part about remembering that one day you may be in someonelse’s shoes! Great advice on working within one’s network to learn more about opportunities! And don’t [...]
