10 WHOLE YEARS ago today I certified as a coach with New Ventures West. It’s been a decade?!! 🤯 I still pinch myself every day that I get to do this work in the world. I am living my calling. And I’ve only just begun! Thank you thank you thank you to every single one [Keep Reading…]
Aleatha Singleton’s path to XR UX Design — and independence!
I’m so grateful to Aleatha Singleton of Ninja Robot Studio for sharing her passion for XR UX Design with the world, and for getting to be a part of her journey in designing a career that honors her whole self. Watch Aleatha’s whole video on why and how she made the transition to designing for [Keep Reading…]
I’ve joined the Board of Directors of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
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…]
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…]
8 Years as a Certified Coach
I became a certified coach 8 years ago today. I’ve since accrued 3200+ coaching hours with 160+ clients in 6-12 month coaching engagements. 60% my clients have re-upped their coaching packages. 87% of my clients come from referral. I have clients in 71 cities and 17 countries. My coaching certification through New Ventures West changed [Keep Reading…]
Reflecting on 4 Years as a B Corp
Four years ago today my coaching and consulting company Vicarious Partners became a certified B Corp. It took months of visioning, research, assessments, strategy, concepting, documentation, testing, and iteration. I never could have done it (or ever would have dreamed of pursuing it) without the support of my partner Fredrick Selby. Fredrick has been devoted [Keep Reading…]
I coach people at these companies
In a few recent prospect calls, I’ve had folks ask me if I coach people at any companies they would know. “Um, yeah…all of them,” isn’t the best answer. It’s made me realize I don’t do a very good job of naming the spaces in which I work. I suppose I center people over business. [Keep Reading…]
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