So often, we enter conversations from a defensive perspective. In this reactionary mode, we are not engaged with anyone except for ourselves. We are not listening. What if I told you there’s an easier, less stressful, more effective way to approach challenging and stressful conversations? Let me introduce you to the concept of deep listening.

This year, I invite you to take an intentional and specific approach to closing out 2022 and release some important mental weight. Instead of a vast reflection of all the good and not-so-good elements of this year, I recommend honing in one area alone: your relationships.

When conflicts arise in our relationships at home and at work, they are almost always pointing to something trying to shift, something trying to happen. Too often our discomfort with conflict creates…

Behavioral change is one of the greatest challenges we face in the attempt to reach our potential. My work as a transformational coach is centered around helping strong-willed adults and leaders…

The blue book… It still sits in an old drawer in my childhood home. Line after line of the money I still owe my mother for everything from candy to clothes to gas for the car. She tracked every penny…