Someone asked me the other day whether I’ve become fully “Brooklynized” or if I’ll come to Manhattan for a social event. I said that Brooklyn is just where I sleep and run errands. Manhattan is still where I live my life. I live in Brooklyn in the sense that my things are there in my […]
Tag Archives: Work from Anywhere
Don’t give as a way to avoid taking.
Have you ever found yourself giving as a way to avoid taking?I find that it’s common among entrepreneurs, artists, and ministry professionals. Pretty much all of the people I coach.Taking up space. Taking your turn. Taking a chance. Taking your time. Taking the reins. Taking the high road.Those all sound important, but somehow doing them […]
How often do you set aside time to plan?
Today I’m parking myself and taking off the sunglasses to look more clearly into the next 6-12 months. I’m balancing live musicals that take me out of town with leading various Lutheran events and retreats around the country, producing the web series, continuing VBS for grownups, launching new coaching groups, and time with family and […]
Are you preventing yourself from fully living your life?
Are you preventing yourself from fully living your life?First of all, be gentle with yourself if that’s true. You may not have been ready until now to make this shift. It’s a major shift. Stick with me for a glimpse of how I explain this shift to coaching clients. Early in our lives, we needed […]
What grounds you as the realities of life lurch you forward?
If you are wondering if I can balance on the subway without holding the pole long enough to open a bottle of Diet Coke, the answer is yes. Yes I can.A sure sign of someone visiting New York City is someone who boards the train and does not immediately either sit or figure out where […]
Be brave today.
Everything you want, that you feel called to do, all starts with being brave.Asking for help. Stepping up for that promotion. Breaking a habit that has kept you safe but unhealthy. Being the first to say “I love you.” Saying it back. It all starts with being brave.We’re called to big things. Take the next […]
Spring cleaning
Spring? Is that you? It’s hard to tell from where I’m standing.I spent part of the first day of spring doing a 3-hour one-on-one retreat with a coaching client. It was sort of a spring cleaning for her life: intentionally cutting out unhelpful patterns and designing her daily rhythms to create the feelings she wants […]