Ten Minutes, Two Worlds
Note: The folllowing post was written in June 2006. For some reason, I was reluctant to publish it at that time. Now, it seems perfectly appropriate. So here it is. I have been wondering how our life experiences can be...
Double Takes
Two things caused me to do a double take recently. Here's the first one: It's a bottle of Evian water in a hotel room, selling for $5. Yes, that's right, five bucks. It made me wonder what the mini-bar prices...
Engineers with a Whole New Mind
Last month, I was on the campus of Northwestern University to interview fellow alum, Dan Pink, on applying his book, A WHOLE NEW MIND, to shape one's career. The interview itself was great fun--Pink's brain is crammed with facts and...
Question #11
This is the last Q+A that Ilene sent me, less than two weeks before she died. Typically, she would wait for me to email her a question and then she would email her reply. She found it easier to answer...
Nora, The Woodland Fairy
My five-year old niece came to visit me recently. Her parents had taken her to the opening of a new mall in Boulder and as part of the celebration, they had face painting for the kids. Nora was so excited...
Radio Collars
During a coaching session, a client stopped to yell at her dog, who had left the allowable range of his radio collar and chased after a squirrel. The threat of a zap from the collar had not deterred him from...
An Extraordinary Life
The following is an article, entitled "An Extraordinary Life," written nearly two years ago. The opening paragraphs were based on an experience with my friend, Ilene Kouzel, who died this week. “I just want it to be over.” The words...
Safe Journey, Ilene
Ilene died on Monday, October 9, at 3:15pm MT, at her home in Bailey, Colorado. I like to think that at that moment, her soul was set free, from a body that no longer could serve her wild and...