I see the #metoo movement, at its core, as a call to talk about shame. Take away, for the moment, the questioning about whether allegations are true, the grappling with cognitive dissonance when people we’ve imagined as exemplary are revealed to have behaved in harmful ways, and the gendered cultural tropes that get assigned to […]
How to Stop Capitalism from Killing You
It might sound dramatic to say that capitalism is killing us. The real drama we are living is much more insidious. As a society we are operating with high rates of loneliness, a 25% increase in suicide over the last two decades, and a collective struggle with believing that we are not enough. We are […]
How to Change Your Story to Become More Whole
A life without healing is a stuck life. The majority of people in our society are living without healing, and as a result our society’s policies, laws, and systems of health and education remain stuck. Take a breath and think about that for a moment. Let yourself sit with the awareness of the collective pain […]
You Are Not a Problem: Reimagining Problem-Based Coaching
A question I encounter again and again as a coach is: what problem do you solve ? Do you work with people trying to lose weight or are confused about their career path, or have relationship struggles? The short answer is, sure, yes. These issues come up. But here’s my problem with problem based coaching: […]