Growing up, my mother continually re-inforced that I could be  anything I wanted to be.  Absolutely anything.  Armed with this certainty that only parents know how to infuse, and the natural defiance many first-borns tend to develop, I happily experimented  in the years preceding university, searching for my “calling”.
Safe in the knowledge that I could be anything, I confidently offered up my opinions to anyone who would listen and aspired to solve the world’s biggest and most complex problems.  I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was slowly …

One of the wonderful things about the world of coaching, especially when you are the coachee, is the guilt-free, unashamedly self-indulgent time spent focusing on yourself.  It’s kind of  like a mental and emotional Thai massage.  Just like Thai massage, it hurts at times, feels divine at others, but always leaves you with a deep sense of well being.
In the process of this non-physical massage, the internal lights get gradually turned on and reveal your inner keyboard.  You discover the chords that bring on unbridled joy, the notes that you …

For many, 2009 has been a challenging year.  For many, 2010 can’t get here fast enough.  Sure, on a conscious, intellectual level, we all know that nothing really changes on the stroke of midnight of December 31, 2009.  Yet, it is comforting that we can package 2009 into a neat little bundle, stick into a memory drawer, and slam it shut with a huge sigh of relief.  It’s over. We can leave our old, spent, imperfect selves behind, and embrace our new and improved, mysteriously transformed and resplendent selves just …