“Can you help me?” I asked my mother as I stood in the kitchen. I needed to eat but I wasn’t able to make myself a meal. In fact, I wasn’t able to do much at the time and didn’t understand what was happening to me as I felt like I wasn’t able to get […]
Why I’m Nice and You Should Be Too
“You’re very nice…” Ed said to me during his coaching consultation, unsure, unbelieving, almost accusing. I smiled, confused, as I thought to myself, is that a bad thing? According to him, yes. He wasn’t sure that being nice was an effective way to operate. He was hesitating and questioning his decision to hire me as […]
How to Take the Right Risk in Your Relationships
Recently I found myself in a sticky conversation that caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting the other person to communicate with me in the way that he did. I didn’t know how to respond at first and told him I’d need some time to reflect on what he’d said. Then I felt into my […]