A New York Times piece on tiny little joys, the free Merlin bird app, and how noticing small delights on a daily walk became part of my practice.

A senior executive said the most important thing as the session ended: ‘I don’t want to feel like this anymore.’ Why high performers know what they don’t want, but not what they do.

Takeaways from Jonathan Reitz’s Trifocal Coaching framework: three lenses for evaluating coaching, and the surprising link between silence and client satisfaction.

Dr. Tendayi Viki on leading change without coercion: forget the 50-slide deck and create momentum instead. Notes from a Coaching.com talk.

Michael Bungay Stanier on easy change versus hard change: adding an app versus rewriting your operating system, and why leaders who’ve read all the books still get stuck.

‘Your reflections allowed me to stop and think.’ Why the pause is the whole job in coaching, and what happens when leaders finally hear themselves.

Part two of a podcast with food allergy psychologist Dr. Amanda DeSio Whitehouse on intimacy, food allergy risk and how to have the conversation.

Wrapping up a multi-session improv and writing class at New England School of the Arts: the games we played and what the students noticed.

Jeremy Jordan found freedom playing a man trapped in a cave. Why constraints, not unlimited freedom, often spark the biggest breakthroughs for creative professionals.

‘He does the work beforehand so he’s free to be instinctual in the moment.’ How preparation enables presence in my coaching, drawn from social work, ICF coaching and improv.

Suleika Jaouad’s idea of making friends with our nightmares, and what it offers coaches whose clients are running from imposter syndrome and fear of failure.

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Speaking to fellow mentors at William Paterson University’s Pesce Family Institute about using coaching techniques to help mentees succeed, January 2025.

Teaching a spring writing workshop at Howe Library in Hanover, NH, using improv techniques to foster creativity.

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As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday where travel plans, cooking plans, and being with extended family may require some social, physical, and mental flexibility, here is a fun creativity game you can play solo or with a group.