Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living

Life Lessons

I Could Do This Job

I saw this job posting in an email: "Training/OD Manager, Denver, CO, 8 month contract assignment – client is looking for a project manager to help company with major initiative to expand the number of college hires and their integration...

Identity Theft

There's been alot written about identity theft--when someone assumes another's identity for the purpose of committing fraud. But what happens when we lose our identity, not because someone else has taken it away, but because it no longer fits? Who...

Treating the Workplace as Classroom

I'm just finishing the book, The Answer to How is Yes by Peter Block. It's a book that continues the theme started in Block's previous book, Stewardship, of taking individual responsibility to create the world you want, and not relying...

The Look of a Satisfied Child

I am writing this post at 11pm. I have one child sleeping soundly in bed and another puttering in his room with Legos. Both are pretty happy campers. We had dinner at an Italian buffet, called Cinzetti's. They tout 14...

Overheard on the Hiking Trail

I went for a hike this morning at a popular local trail. I usually like something a bit more secluded but this trail was just a few minutes from where I was dropping off the kids for a day camp....

What Niche Really Means

My husband has unwittingly helped me see what it really means to have a niche in coaching and writing. In the past, I have asked him to review marketing materials as well as articles that I'm working on. He has...

Mission Accomplished

Three things happened this week to make me grateful for the good health that I enjoy. First, I attended a monthly meeting of my local International Coach Federation chapter, the Boulder Coaches Alliance. This is the place where coaches gather...

Three Questions

I discovered a new blog today, written by Hanna Cooper. Discovering a new blog with lots of good stuff is bit like finding a new friend. Hanna has a posting about a children's story that asks three simple questions: When...

Radical Change

My husband and I have come to the conclusion that when it comes to long-standing issues that cause us both aggravation, it's worth it to try radical change instead of a small tweak. So it was with the question of...

The Power of Asking

I'm struck this morning by the power of asking for help. Two instances over the course of the last few days: A colleague of mine sent me an email about how she had lost touch with a dear friend from...