I’m in the paper! I am delighted to have joined the Board of Directors of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT), a nonprofit organization dedicated to land conservation, stewardship, and education in the town of Cape Elizabeth—the coastal community in southern Maine that Fredrick and I call home. We’re a small org with a big [Keep Reading…]
Keynote at New England Drupal Camp 2023: “The Inner Work of Being a Public Good”
I was so honored to be invited to give the keynote at the 10th anniversary New England Drupal Camp this weekend at Rhode Island College. The Drupal community has always been so good to me, and NEDCamp was no exception. Thank you so much to John Picozzi, Leslie Glynn, Stephen Cross and the whole crew [Keep Reading…]
I am Jewish
I am Jewish. If you know me personally or have followed me online for any period of time, you should already know this. Being Jewish is a central part of my identity. It’s not just a religion or belief system I follow, or how I was raised—it’s who I am. It’s literally in my blood. [Keep Reading…]
Shana Tova 5784
Shana Tova to all our family and friends who celebrate. Wishing you and yours a sweet new year filled with good health, good fortune, and many many blessings. May this be the year we create peace and prosperity, equity and justice, healing and unity for all beings on Earth. Happy 5784! 🍎🍯
The 10th Anniversary of Christy’s Death
Today is 10 years since my coaching instructor Christy Svanemyr’s tragic death. My heart is with her husband Vegar Svanemyr and daughter Isa, sister Suzanne Moses Kanick and family in their grief and remembrance today and every day. I remember her dancing with abandon in the classroom on Geary, and flashing that thousand-watt smile. She [Keep Reading…]
Thank You for 15 Years of Independent Employment
Fifteen years ago today was my last day at my last ever full-time job. I’ve been independently employed every day since. Thank you to every single one of you who ever made that possible for me. If you’ve ever been a client, a colleague, a collaborator, a referral partner, a mentor, a mentee, an organizer, [Keep Reading…]
My 2022 Annual Report
Highlights • Coaching Results • Clients & Revenues • Lifetime Stats • Podcasts • Continuing Education • Charitable Giving • Kind Words • And Personally Introduction The theme of 2022 was loss. We had a string of deaths in our lives starting in October 2021 through October 2022—a dear dear longtime client and friend who [Keep Reading…]
Designing Yourself is 10 Years Old
TEN years ago today, Paul McAleer and I dropped the first episode of our podcast Designing Yourself. Paul and I had met at the IA Summit that April. Soon after we started chatting on the phone regularly; I was beginning my coaching journey and Paul was ramping up on the speaker circuit. It was apparent [Keep Reading…]
Featured Guest on Sprints & Milestones
It’s not often I share my stories of utter embarrassment, clumsiness, and defeat. But when my fellow Happy Cog alumni Brett Harned and Greg Storey asked me to be on their podcast Sprints & Milestones to talk about one of my “failures,” this is the one that immediately came to mind. And it’s a [Keep Reading…]
When Clients Become Friends
The most rewarding gift of my life as a coach is when clients become dear friends. Beautiful humans whom I count amongst my nearest and dearest—with whom I can be my most vulnerable, tell my whole truth, feel the most seen and known by, experience the most unconditional love with—have grown from relationships that began [Keep Reading…]
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