Summer’s warmth and long days encourage warm thoughts and thinking of others. The coach is the partner to the client in the client’s journey. This valued relationship is nurtured through the coaching process as the coach connects to her client. The coach’s skillful questions prompt her client to explore options, alternatives, possible solutions, other perspectives. […]

I had a good friend from Los Angeles who like to visit New York City in May because she said that everyone was so happy. We are glad to see the chill of winter fade and the warmth of summer approach. Our spring energy blooms, like the flowers and we feel re-energized and ready to […]

I’ve been watching spring unfold joyously as the daffodils bloomed first and now the tulips are coming along. The cherry trees in the neighborhood are starting to bloom. It’s fabulous and I am grateful to be in this season. In coaching, my client may present a chronic issue that has been an irritant for some […]

While early this month it had been mixed freezing rain, snowing, sleeting off and on, not seeming springy at all, my houseplants began shooting forth new growth. In traditional acupuncture, spring energy is strong, very yang, outward. Think about bulbs forcing themselves above the cold ground, flowers bursting forth from buds. That’s spring energy. I […]

I can feel spring is coming even in this gray February day. The days are getting longer — sunset is now after 5 pm — and I can feel the spring energy rising. In a coaching conversation, there’s a moment when the exploration of the unknown begins to lead towards an opening, a defining moment […]

It’s been a snow free winter so far in New York City and I’m feeling my way into the great unknown in quiet, watching to see what arises. Once we pass the winter solstice, I feel a quickening, a lightness. As the earth moves toward the solstice and the days become shorter, the nights longer, […]

Winter, a time of cold and long nights. I grew up in Chicago’s cold, cold winters — when it was really cold, the moisture in my nose would freeze when I breathed.  Snow could stick around until April or May.  Now I live in New York City and one winter joy living in the big […]

We’re deeply in autumn in New York City, where I live.  Our weather is changeable, we are headed into the cold, and as daylight savings time ended, it is becoming fully dark at 5 pm. Many years ago I read The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche.  He describes the being we all […]

Autumn is a season where the earth prepares to rest and it is a time of harvest.  We can take time to reflect and to enjoy nature’s bounty.  And as nature lets go of her beauty so vividly, so are humans invited during this season of autumn to let go.  As we reflect, we can […]