Do you speak Portuguese? Neither do I.

This was abundantly clear as soon as we arrived in Lisbon last month. We traveled there from Spain, where everyone we met assured us that Portuguese is just...

I’ve written before about my deep love of You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero. There’s a mantra in there that took me a while to cozy up to, but once I did, it was a...

What’s your definition of success?

Did you know that you get to choose what success is? It’s absolutely true, you do.

I was thinking about this after speaking with a client recently....

One of my brilliant clients dropped a gorgeous piece of advice on me last week.

As we talked through something she’s working on (and feeling slightly out of sorts with), I asked her to close...

Meltdowns. Temper tantrums. Whatever you call them, they happen to the best of us.

I had a spectacular one last week, complete with my favorite swear words, crying and not a little yelling...

Pop quiz:
Pretend you’re at the gym, getting ready to lift a set of dumbbells. How does each of the following scenarios make you feel?

1) Using heavier dumbbells than ever before for...

I was running in our local park one day, chugging along the trails. I’m not a speedy runner, and sometimes there’s a lot of self-talk to keep myself moving. This particular day was...

Ever feel like you’re deeply stuck on something? It’s like you’re wading through oatmeal and despite wanting to make progress, it feels impossible. Perhaps you’re spinning...

Sometimes the throwaway lines are the most valuable.

At the very end of a training class this past weekend, one of the instructors said “99% is a bitch. 100% is a breeze.”

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If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area.

Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in.

Go a...