Back when I worked humanitarian relief
The start of my very first overseas trip as an aid worker, in 2007. I’d done plenty of development work at that point, but this was my first foray into humanitarian response. This is an excerpt from my...
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View ArticleIn praise of difficult conversations
In my coaching practice, I get a lot of versions of this question: how do I talk about something unpleasant without upsetting the person I’m talking to? The answer: you can’t. There is no perfect...
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View ArticlePeople are on your side
Well, real life people are, anyway. I was helping a friend do job interviews for her NGO last week, and we wanted every candidate to me amazing. We wanted them to come in and blow us away with their...
View ArticleThree ways you’re stuck
A feeling of being “stuck” is one of the most common reasons people start working with a coach. Three frequent causes: You’re asking the wrong question I get clients all the time who feel stuck; they...
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Things I’ve been thinking lately about COVID
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but...
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On living in fear of COVID
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, we...
View ArticleWhat do we do about Ukraine?
If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with...
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