Six weeks of one-to-one coaching for creatives ready to start the project they keep putting off. January 1st isn’t magic; the fresh start is the moment you decide.

Featured in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for the writing and improv workshops I facilitated at the Literary Arts Bridge.

I started a Substack called 5 Things, named after the improv game: five things in a random category, all related to what’s giving me joy right now.

I’m now an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), the credential behind my executive and personal coaching practice.

A mid-year look at my 26 for 2026 list: the goals I’ve crossed off, the ones I’ve outgrown, and why taking a goal off the list counts as progress.

When you feel stuck on a professional front, you may be arguing with the present. How I worked through my own pivot, and the question that finally moved me.

A year-end reflection on Rushdie’s line that our lives teach us who we are, and on Richard Boyatzis’ positive and negative emotional attractors.

What a stress dream about forgetting my lines, and years of musical improv, taught me about creativity, flexibility and confidence under pressure.

A writing student said the playful work ‘isn’t real.’ The first law of thermodynamics says otherwise: nothing you write or imagine is wasted.

‘I just feel stuck’ is the number one theme in my coaching practice right now. Most clients already know what to do; the real block is fear.

Walking the Central Park Reservoir loop, a reflection on burnout: the exits are everywhere, but burnout drains the energy and clarity to take them.

A detour past Matisse’s Jazz series at the Met, and why slowing down might be the most radical goal a driven person can set.

A line from Star Trek, a pianist in tears, and why deep listening is the core skill of anyone who helps people for a living.

A chatbot can replicate the words of coaching, not the presence of a human who notices, challenges and holds space. That relationship is the engine of change.

After 30 years and six Tony Awards, Audra McDonald still sees her voice teacher twice a week. What the greatest performers know about coaching and peak performance.

How I used Claude AI and a scrubbed session transcript to sharpen my transitions between coaching and counseling, and what the experiment did and didn’t teach me.

I’m presenting with six colleagues at the 5th Bi-Annual Columbia Coaching Conference, October 2025, on coaching in an AI-integrated landscape.

For over a year my amaryllis was a dry bulb in dirt. Then it stretched. What a slow bloom says about growth, patience and the early stage of change.

Three coaching questions I use when clients feel stuck, overwhelmed or quietly asking ‘what now?’ You don’t need more advice; you need better questions.