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Firstly, a note for the men. As the title of this blog post indicates, we will be talking to and about women in the lines ahead. You could therefore choose to move on without paying attention … Or, if you have women in your life that you care about, you […]

Summer is over … Bummer!! As you look back … Were you able to take some time off? Did you stay local or travel? How long were you gone for? Was it restful? Rejuvenating?? Today we’re discussing the importance of TIME OFF as a form of essential SELF CARE. In other words, […]

I’ve been “on the road” for a while, and it feels good to settle down for a minute and reconnect with you. I brought back a little “gift” in my suitcase from my latest trip: my very first case of Covid … Thankfully not too rough but not too smooth either. […]

The mind is restless, unsteady, hard to guard, hard to control. The wise one makes it straight, like a fletcher straightens an arrow.How good it is to rein the mind, Which is unruly, capricious, rushing wherever it pleases. The mind so harnessed will bring one happiness.Your worst enemy cannot harm […]

I’m writing this sitting on a plane flying back from Europe, where I was attending Stop Hunger’s Annual Fundraising Dinner in Paris. Stop Hunger is “Sodexo’s only philanthropic cause” (as quoted from Sophie Bellon, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Sodexo, in her opening remarks at the dinner). […]

It’s February. The love-month – right? So of course my newsletter is going to be about love. I’m going to figure out a way to make it fun, interesting, maybe even romantic, and share something new that my readers might not have heard yet. And BAM. This happens. And – yet […]

Wow! Just like that, we are already one month into 2023! I hope your year is off to a fantastic start. How are those New Year resolutions going? Are you still on track or are they as distant of a memory as your New Year celebrations? If you fall into […]

I read somewhere a long time ago that the winter time of very short days, and cold and dreary weather, is the time that’s meant by nature for us to hunker down by the

Has anyone else noticed what happens this time of year? The leaves start to fall, the temperatures get cooler, the days get shorter … and then on top of it all, “they” change the time on us!! NO WONDER October 10 is World Mental Health Day…  This year, our American […]

Did you know you can sign up to receive my newsletter straight to your inbox? Click here I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and feels refreshed and refueled for the new work year ahead.

By now you all know that I am a life and business coach (specifically The Challenge Coach). But do you know the story of how I became a coach? I promise you it’s worth reading 😉 23 years ago I became a mom for the first time. I had been wanting […]

As I’m sure most of you know by now, my purpose in this world is to support people in transforming their challenges into growth and success. This is just a snazzy way of saying that I help my clients get better at life challenges so they can lead happier and more productive […]

When I am not coaching, facilitating, training or speaking, one of my latest hobbies is to be a podcast guest. As a coach, my job and most important task – one could even argue my main responsibility – is to ask questions and listen. Which, for an extravert […]

My February newsletter was supposed to talk about Love. But if you read it, you know that something personal and worrisome was going on so I ended up discussing how, when we are pre-occupied and in emotional reactivity, we can’t at the same time be functioning at peek brain capacity. […]

I’ve spent days agonizing in front of the proverbial blank page trying to write this month’s newsletter. There has been something personal and concerning going on that’s consumed me somewhat – and I just couldn’t get the words out of me and onto this page.  Then this morning, it hit me: there’s only so much […]

“Here’s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; Here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.” I imagine some of you going: “FOND memories?! Are you kidding me?!!!!” No, in fact, I am not: if you think back on this past year, I bet that […]

I don’t know about you but it’s been another rough year… Between Covid in the forefront and climate change in the background, no matter where you are in the world, no one can escape the hardships the present times pose. There are thankfully many tools […]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings […]

In the United States (and now also in other countries!), the month of October is synonymous with the feast of Halloween. What comes up for you when you think of Halloween? For me, it’s many fond memories of celebrating with my children when they were little: excitedly […]

You may be wondering why you haven’t heard from me since my last newsletter on May 27. Before I explain, I want to remind you of this. I became The Challenge Coach because I have been, and still am, a challenged human. Life throws us challenges when we very least […]