This blog Pleasure & Pain turns 16 today. I know blogs aren’t cool or whatever anymore, but I’m holding out hope they make a comeback. I really don’t understand us being unpaid content creators for other people’s platforms. I’m grateful for the platform *I* created for *me* and for many many other people who needed [Keep Reading…]
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…]
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…]
My 2021 Annual Report
Highlights • Coaching Results • Clients & Revenues • Lifetime Stats • Continuing Education • Charitable Giving • Kind Words • And Personally Introduction Last year was rough. Rougher than any of us could have anticipated. While 2020 was a shock, 2021 was sustained suffering. The collective distress has permanently affected all of us in [Keep Reading…]
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