Did you ever watch Gorillas in the Mist? It’s based on the story of Dian Fossey and how she learned to behave like mountain gorillas (in the Congo and in Rwanda), in order to be accepted enough to live with them and study them. Although Fossey was renamed in How I Met Your Mother, Marshall […]
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Winning your Break Up
I was listening to a program on the radio today which sent me to Forbes.com. A woman, Fancy Frenchwood, published her letter of resignation in all of it’s emotional honesty and glory. Later this evening, I was watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother about who won the relationship break up. Was it […]
The Funk I’m In
Earlier I blogged about how not to let unemployment get you down when you have no “company identity“. But I didn’t address how the almighty dollar can really impact your identity and self-confidence. It can cut right to the core when one is faced with a depleting bank account that used to replenish every two […]
Falling out of love with the prospect of a new job
When I was working all day, away from home, I did it because I needed to. But I really loved my job. I loved the emotional high of being such an expert, guiding clients on business and brand strategy, managing client expectations and team expectations. In a way it’s like a form of parenthood where […]
Ready. Aim. Assault or Fire
A friend of mine exclaimed her shock when I’d shared my recent story about being let go with no warning. “Oh my gosh that’s as bad as being assaulted! It’s something that catches you so off guard and you can’t do anything about it. Like a punch in the gut”. Whoa – I’d never thought […]
Truth and Lies in Leadership
Remember that catchy title – Truth and Lies in Advertising? Well, it felt appropriate tonight when I was thinking about a comment my executive coach made last week. Agent M, he said, it’s hard to fathom, but politics rank as the first or second most important part of doing a good job. Ugh. So that’s […]
Bad Romance – But Mature Enough to Handle it
I supposed that at some point, it’s nice to focus on a culprit or antagonist in our professional lives to help with any self-denial that we might be the culprit ourselves. How many times have we been in a situation where we channeled bad feelings to someone in order to feel better? When in fact, […]
The Art of Second Guessing
Yesterday was probably my most stressful day at work. I felt others conveying strong messages and reinforcing an unshakeable vibe via their body language, and I felt flush and fearful of being fired. All day I was punishing myself for second guessing my value. Of course I was fine. I wasn’t being fired. I know […]
Why I Like Having an Executive Coach
Okay Coach John, I need to set up our weekly sessions again. It seems I like learning new things when Fall comes around. Maybe it’s from being so programmed to start school in the Fall and turn over a new leaf. Is that where that term came from? I have an executive coach whom I […]
Why I Envy Stay-at-home Moms
Not to make it too personal, and not to rift on moms who stay home to be with their kids, but I want to address a huge green-eyed monster in my life. I utterly envy yummie mummies. I aspire to be a yummie mummie. As much as I love my husband, sometimes I want a […]
