
Overwhelm Reduced through Fruitful Friction®
Everywhere we turn, noise floods our minds. News alerts ping, the stock market jitters, ads insist we’re not enough, and even our “breaks” are crowded with endless scrolling. That noise doesn’t stay
Everywhere we turn, noise floods our minds. News alerts ping, the stock market jitters, ads insist we’re not enough, and even our “breaks” are crowded with endless scrolling. That noise doesn’t stay
As an executive coach working with leaders and teams, I’m concerned about a troubling trend I’ve been running into more often. The drive to protect jobs and headcount. It’s a deeply human
Let’s Rethink This Popular Body Language Myth You’ve seen it. You’ve probably done it. Someone crosses their arms in a meeting, and the room immediately assumes:
The Self-Awareness Gap in Leadership Again, I find myself writing about self-awareness. Because it keeps showing up on the “missing” list. I sit in rooms with
“Be calm.” Or worse: “Calm down.” On the surface, these words seem wise. Grounded. Responsible. They sound like something a steady, successful leader would say. Except
Who’s Changed You? What coach, teacher, or mentor said something specifically to you, and it changed how you live, work, and move through the world? From
We keep confusing polite with professional—and nice with kind. But they’re not the same. And in that mix-up, we’re losing the very friction that drives teams
There’s a lot of talk about impostor syndrome. At first, I felt out of step with the conversation because, in my mind, impostor syndrome was a