Feb 28Member-onlyQuarter-Life-Crisis: Navigating by Your Inner Compass“An alarming number of college graduates are feeling uncertain about their future,” said my colleague. We were discussing our recent experience with coaching twenty-somethings. One of his former clients, now in their twenties, had recently written him, “I took this great job and I’m making good money….but I’m really unhappy…Quarter Life Crisis7 min readQuarter Life Crisis7 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Apr 24, 2021Member-onlyThe Art and Skill of Navigating Life TransitionsThe first in a series about navigating retirement, divorce, empty nest syndrome, and the other life transitions that are part of our evolution as human beings. — My first one nearly killed me On a warm summer afternoon the year I turned thirty, I was a cocky young man helming a speedy new catamaran off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. On board with me was a woman I’d just met who didn’t know how to sail. …Retirement5 min readRetirement5 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Jan 28, 2021Member-onlyOh My God BlueLolling and bobbing down the coast towards Stinson Beach, David and I are trolling for salmon and savoring a late summer morning. I inhale deeply — the air is a delicious cocktail of ocean vapor stirred with summer heat, with a whiff of beach grass around the edges. …Gratitude3 min readGratitude3 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Jan 18, 2021Member-onlyAll It Takes“I know I’ll be okay,” my client said, breaking the silence that hung between us. He was wearing a smile I hadn’t seen before; as he spoke, the worry lines on his forehead seemed to melt away. “I know somehow that I’ll be okay,” he declared a second time, referring…Wellbeing4 min readWellbeing4 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Nov 11, 2020Member-onlyGlimpsing GraceGlimpsing Grace The fear that you feel would not even exist but for your own creation of it. Being free does not come from awareness of your story, it comes from being aware of your creation of the story…. Dr. Jack Pransky On a stainless-steel tray, Dr. C is preparing the biopsy…Cancer5 min readCancer5 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Oct 13, 2020Member-onlyNo Parts, Only MeNo inner voices, no lost and broken parts — “Do you think you’re broken?” Her question hits me like a bolt from the blue. She sees things I cannot see, has a knack for touching the invisible. “What? No…” I reply. “But a part of me used to…” “Hold on,” she says, cutting me off. “Can you give me…Non Dual3 min readNon Dual3 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Oct 12, 2020Member-onlyImpossible is the Only ImpossibleA pair of turtle doves coos on the shimmering ridge-top above me. Down here, in a shaded cocoon of redwoods, on the steep narrow trail, it’s cave-quiet and pleasantly cool. I feel attuned to the life that holds me. There’s a faint tap on my hiking cap, followed by the…Create Possibility4 min readCreate Possibility4 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Updated Dec 3, 2020Always FallingIs the unknown a place to be feared? Or does it contain everything we could ever want? — A few years ago, I interviewed a young mother with stage 4 melanoma about the nature of wellbeing. She had discovered her cancer during the birth of her first child, who was three years old when we spoke. While her ongoing treatment had been grueling and her prognosis uncertain at…Fear3 min readFear3 min read
Published in Less Stress More Success·Oct 8, 2020What Kills CuriosityI recently gained a fresh understanding of the importance of curiosity, and the value of not having answers. — The story went something like this. I told my coach about a recent session with one of my clients — a man dealing with anxiety and emotional issues following a serious illness. …3 min read3 min read
