Last newsletter, we talked about what a “yes” feels like. This feeling helps you make choices on the path to designing a career you love. While money, growth, and flexibility are easy to measure, fulfillment, alignment, and passion are a little more… smushy. Mix in fears about the economy, politics, and AI, and clarity can feel impossible. As promised, today we’re talking about working with (not against) fear. This weekend, I attended the Do Bold Sh*t conference for purpose-driven coaches in...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey there, you smart, strategic, high-achieving professional, Mind if we turn off your brain for a sec and drop into your body? Hi 👋 We’re here because you want important things for your work and life, and your body is going to help you get them. Yes, your brain too. But you already knew that. To double-check what people really crave in their careers, I dropped anonymized client surveys into ChatGPT and cross-referenced them with Gallup’s Employee Engagement Survey. The results weren’t...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Career coaching isn’t really about your career. Like, yeah, you may land your coveted Staff Software Engineer or Creative Director role at that sexy company that will make all the homies on LinkedIn smash that like button. But we’re actually here for you and your loved ones. To explain what I mean, I asked a few of my incredible clients to fill in the blank: “Since career coaching, I’ve been able to ______ in my non-work life.” Work can really engulf us. And it makes sense, so give yourself...
3 months ago • 1 min read
When I was getting my coaching certification at Brown University School of Professional Studies, we learned the most uncomfortable (but essential!) part of coaching: Challenging our clients. Sure, recognizing strengths and celebrating wins is a one-way ticket to Dopamine City. But real growth comes when you shine a light on how someone’s getting in their own way, and encourage them to take the spicier, better path forward. Do I have your permission to challenge you? (If not, feel free to...
4 months ago • 2 min read
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Are you nodding? Or is your BS-o-Meter blaring? Honestly, I’m somewhere in the middle. Like most oversimplified quotes dubiously attributed to Confucius, the truth is in the nuance. This has been the mission of my coaching practice since the beginning: Design a career you love ✨ And because my worst fear is sounding like a snake oil salesperson, I spend a lot of time unpacking what “love” actually means in the context of work....
4 months ago • 1 min read
It’s 2020. Sorry to make you go there—promise it’s just for a sec. After a particularly draining workday at my tech leadership job, I collapsed on the couch and yelled, “I’m trapped!” I wanted to believe that primal, childlike surge of emotion was because of quarantine. But I knew it ran deeper. I just didn’t know what it meant—yet. Today, folks share similar experiences with me during our exploration calls: “I feel trapped, stuck, and unmotivated in my career.” "I feel stuck in my current...
4 months ago • 2 min read
I know you’re not here because you want more emails. You’re here because you’re a passionate powerhouse—a badass who cares deeply, works hard, and wants to live your one precious life intentionally. But something isn’t right in your career. Maybe you’re... Feeling trapped in a role that doesn’t fit Dreaming of something more, but scared to go for it Reeling from a layoff, reorg, or acquisition Treading water or feeling pulled under by work Navigating a life shift that’s changing how you show...
5 months ago • 1 min read
These are real quotes from folks at real career crossroads. They valiantly tried to DIY their way through it—and eventually came to me to design a career they actually love: “My therapist doesn’t even know what a Google Doc is.” “The stack of self-help books on my nightstand is about to topple over.” “ChatGPT said I should be an astronaut or a veterinarian. But I’m a Product Manager?!” If you can land a dream job, start a business, make your work life sustainable, navigate change, or get...
5 months ago • 1 min read
“Weird times.” That’s what my CTO friend and I kept saying on one of our classic LA rollerblade catch-ups this weekend. We were talking about AI. That thing that went from niche buzzword to novelty toy to personal assistant to existential threat in just a decade. Yes, we’re living in weird times. But I’m not worried. Not because my head’s buried in analog sand. Because I’m curiously plugged into how this is unfolding and calmly, creatively iterating on how I work and deliver value to my...
6 months ago • 2 min read