What actually makes a good therapist?
I’ll admit, this is a pretty good time in history to be a therapist. The profession has always been interesting and rewarding, but it was also one that was met … Read more
Leadership & Career Life
Is your trauma holding you back at work?
Years ago, I had a boss whom I desperately wanted to please. If I’m honest, I wanted to please almost any person in authority at the time, but my drive … Read more
We’re tired. Why do we keep working so much?
Regardless of our field, the pandemic upturned the working world and forced almost all of us into new patterns. As we’ve heard analyzed probably quite sufficiently by this point, these … Read more
Three strategies to face the fear of failure
One of my favorite things on the internet – and given the amount of time I spent there, this means a lot – is Reshma Saujani’s #FailureFriday series. Every week, … Read more
Five tools for dealing with difficult people
Difficult people. We all have them. Even if we’ve done the hard work of scrubbing our personal relationships of the people who aren’t serving us, we’re bound to have humans … Read more
Is it time to take a leave of absence?
We are in an era, at least comparatively, where we are recognizing that we have this thing called mental health, and that it requires attention and tender care. It’s a … Read more
7 Sneaky Ways Perfectionism Destroys Your Impact
We’ve all heard the eye-roll-worthy response to the classic job interview question to reveal your greatest weakness: “I’m just too much of a perfectionist! I work tirelessly until the project … Read more
Which subtype of burnout do you have?
When asked recently by a client in session whether everyone I am seeing lately is experiencing burnout, I barely let her finish her question before I blurted, “Oh, hell yes.” … Read more
Am I burned out or depressed?
Talking about burnout in the midst of a raging wave of a two-year global pandemic feels almost redundant, honestly. Between scrambling for at-home tests, canceled vacations, increasing work stress, school … Read more
Can we actually take time off?
In my group coaching of women who run businesses, we inevitably come upon the topic of taking time off. One woman will share that she hasn’t had a real day … Read more
Preparing yourself to get hard feedback
I’m guessing that you have had the experience of proclaiming how important real feedback is to you as a professional or a partner and how you can only grow if you really … Read more
The biology of burnout
Burnout might just be the most universal topic I can present on these days, for perhaps all the obvious reasons. Whether I’m treating a woman facing infertility, coaching a group … Read more
