As the impacts of trauma and mental health becomes less stigmatized in the west, those of us that have been overlooked for our leadership capacity finally have a chance to …
Flipping the Switch: Shifting from Worst Case to Best Case Thinking
If there’s one thing that can make the biggest difference in the quality of our lives these days, it’s what I call “flipping the switch” in our minds. As in, …
The First Leadership Coach in Space?
If I hadn’t become a coach, I may have become an astronaut. As it turns out, the quality that would have made me a good astronaut is the same one …
Your Future Depends on Where Your Attention is Focused
This month, the “big idea” that the Business Coaching Advantage is working with is: attention matters. Where we choose to focus our attention can make all the difference between creating new success …
Are You Ready for Positive Thinking?
A Three-Step Process to Develop Positive Thinking (When You’re Ready For It) “What a horrible summer we had,” a friend pronounced to me recently, and she wasn’t the first. It’s …
Could a Robot Do Your Job?
Why Taking Stock of New Trends is Essential for Your Career Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about robots taking over jobs (see Wired or Forbes for related articles). As a professional …
Changing careers? Learn from a few regrets
Most people would rather not spend time thinking about their regrets yet an unexamined regret can haunt us more than the regret itself. If we don’t take the time to …
Quitting your job CAN be your best decision
In 2009, I resigned from a successful career in financial technology to start my own coaching business. My decision was quick: one day I was still working downtown, burnt out at …
Shortcuts to Mindfulness
Whenever I ask people what gets in their way of practising mindful meditation, the answer is most often: “time.” There’s no time to sit on a chair or cushion and …
Can’t sleep? Try the Anti-Ruminator
If there’s something to ruminate about, you can bet I’ll be ruminating about it – often long into the night when I’d rather be fast asleep. Recently, however, I decided …