Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of The Setback Cycle. Can you believe it’s been a year? Can you believe it’s been ONLY a year? I’m thrilled because I’ll be spending the evening donned once again in the iconic orange suit speaking to a group of interior design industry leaders at Bernhardt Design’s Women’s History Month event. This past year has been kind of transformative. Companies now bring me in to facilitate corporate workshops, I've spoken at major organizations like Google,...
15 days ago • 4 min read
I'm having a bit of an identity crisis with this newsletter. I recognize this was originally set up as your antidote to doomscrolling. But the last few issues have been, I realize, less than optimistic. It’s been a weird, terrifying, heartbreaking time. Sometimes I just can’t find optimism. But this place will always be reflective of the conversations I’m having and I'll always try to share trends I'm seeing with my coaching and marketing clients, insights into trends and actionable, useful...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Lately, motivation feels like a struggle. For many of us, the energy that once propelled forward in our career is fading. Even for those who love their work or have the rare feeling of stability, this vibe rings true. It’s hard not to feel a bit demoralized when everyone around you is either getting laid off, having federal programs that funded their work removed, or seeing how years of hard work can so easily be shattered. And forget “getting ahead.” Right now that concept seems so far out...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
No matter what industry you’re in, it’s clear that AI is reshaping the future of work. Just last year, LinkedIn’s 2024 Jobs On The Rise reported that the #2 fastest growing job in America is AI Consultant. The top one? AI Engineer. People are now using AI to write articles, newsletters, social media posts and more. I assure you that what you’re currently reading was written by a human woman sitting outside of her human daughter’s dance class alongside other human parents clacking away on...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Things are feeling a bit extra uncertain right now, yes? Sure, this is always the case to some degree, but today, this week, this…year which we're apparently only 21 days into, the uncertainty feels especially dark. We don’t need to get into why, as there’s plenty being written about all that. No matter what’s driving your anxiety around uncertainty, I'm here with suggestions on how we can try to cope with it. I was recently given an advanced copy of How To Fall in Love with Questions by...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Anyone else feel like the holidays are as distant a memory as those New Year’s Resolutions? Meanwhile, I'm noticing this week that you are all ready to dive right the ef back in, huh? I am simultaneously impressed by the energy and overwhelmed by it. I love that a lot of folks got an extended break as so many offices were closed until Monday the 6th. I personally went back to work on Thursday the 2nd, which felt great because no one wanted to do anything and I spent the first two business...
3 months ago • 5 min read
If you feel like this year slipped through your fingers, you’re not alone. Those of you wondering, What did I even do this year? I’m the same person, doing the same stuff I was doing back in January — that’s actually not true. But it’s hard to measure progress without specific data. Life moves pretty fast, as my Gen X-ers and elder millennials know, which means it’s easy to forget the small victories and big milestones that made your year so much more meaningful than you realize. P.S. If...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Two weeks ago, this article by Danielle Friedman (a journalist I adore) about how the gender gap persists within exercise was blowing up my feeds and group chats. A study she cited showed that only 33 percent of women met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise, as opposed to 43 percent of men. This shouldn't come as a shock. Experts say (and most women intuitively know) that this has a lot to do with the, “disproportionate amount of time and labor women devote to caring for the home and...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Before we start - a quick announcement: I’m launching a group coaching program in January! I have loved doing one on one coaching with so many of you this fall, and I’m making this update in an effort to build more affordability and accountability into the process. I’ll host two groups this winter, ranging from 2-6 participants, over the course of 12 sessions. We’ll work through exercises that help us reflect on how our setbacks have shaped us (even if we’re not going through one right now)...
4 months ago • 5 min read