What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
Why Life Hacks Don’t Work (and What Does)
Last week at a coaching conference one of the speakers held forth about her wildly successful book on the formation of habits, habits that, in her view, lead to success. Among other things, she proposed a model to explain why some people do what's good for them and...
Why Negative Self-talk Isn’t a Problem
We all have negative self talk or scripts such as impostor syndrome that arise in our thoughts from time to time. Trying to prevent or stop or get over them is hopeless. Fortunately, there is another option. We can simply see them as so much noise and move on. What's...
Go Ahead, Get Excited About the Game of Life
Taking sides, making choices, and taking action makes life interesting. Sometimes we hold back, however, for fear of getting it wrong. But what if you are safe to play again and again, even if you get it wrong?
Why you don’t need to worry about passion or purpose
Worried that you don't feel passion for your work or have lost a sense of purpose? Here's why it's not a problem. Please share your thoughts in the comments! ♥
What Pay What You Choose Pricing Is Teaching Me About Coaching and Business
Last month I stopped charging set fees and announced Pay What You Choose pricing. Here are some of the things I've learned so far. 1. You don't have to know step three before you take step one. I have wanted to try PWYC pricing for at least two years. One reason I...
Clarity Arises in the Present Moment
So often when we struggle to find clarity, we are trying to answer questions that aren't ready to be answered. In reality, the present moment always contains all the clarity we need. The more we attend to what is clear to us in the moment, however humble and simple...
Stop! Don’t Make a Project Out of Your Life
Human beings have an innate capacity to self-correct, to learn, and to grow. When we make projects out of things like getting past overwhelm or getting over procrastination, we actually get in the way of this capacity to self-correct.
Everything Is Okay Including You Feeling Like You’re Not
There's a spiritual notion that everything is always okay. "All is well, and all manner of things be well," in the words of Dame Julian of Norwich. Well, yes, and... there's a way in which we sometimes twist that into meaning that there is something wrong with us when...
Pay What You Choose Coaching Three Days a Week!
The response to Pay What You Choose Coaching has been phenomenal. Within a few hours of the first announcement, all available slots for two weeks were filled. And as soon as I actually experienced the joy of coaching on this basis, I knew I had to do more. Beginning...