On Climbing Life’s “2nd Mountain”
Life coaching case studies: three women in their 50s Catharine Ecton helped to climb life's "second mountain." Learn how life coaching with the DC Life Coach could help you.
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How to Make Your Own Luck
I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.” – Coleman Cox, 1922 When it comes to achieving success in business, relationships, our personal health or family life, luck has this amazing ability to show up after all...
Life Coaching to Overcome the Work-at-Home Grind
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” This was a breakthrough question for Eileen*, a work-at-home Mom in her mid-40s. If you follow my blog, you know this coaching question is one I ask my clients often (see my previous...
Why You Should Get a Good Mirror
When I work with my life coaching clients in DC and beyond, I often explain that my job is to be their sounding board – and more importantly – their mirror. Think back to a time you looked in a distorted mirror. It may have been at a carnival...
How to Deal With Interpersonal Conflict at Work
If you’ve led people or existed for any amount of time in any workplace, you get it: dealing with interpersonal conflict at work is an essential skill. Several of my life coaching clients have been on different sides of workplace conflict, with...
Life Coaching for the New Year: The Power of Cozy
In my Washington, DC Life Coaching, I find that many of my clients have created a life that’s stuck in stone, a calendar full of shoulds, people pleasing, self-doubt and fears that are obeyed instead of challenged. Busy people often feel they are...
Life Coaching: Top 3 Signs You’re Bringing the Office Home
My hard-working Washington, DC life and career coaching clients often struggle with finding a healthy work-life balance, and “bringing the office home” with them. Most are high-achieving people, yet still unsatisfied with their lives. I put...
Life Coaching: Get off the Hedonic Treadmill
My DC Life Coaching clients often tell me that they feel stuck, like they’re on a treadmill. I recently learned about this concept, the “hedonic treadmill” and it fascinated me. Many psychologists and behavioral scientists have studied...
Life Coaching for Bold Action: Bill’s Story
[huge_it_share]I recently attended a talk by author and life coach Rick Tamlyn. His central message was that life itself is one big game. And if life is a game, then why not play one that excites, fulfills, and challenges you to fully express your talents...
Life Coaching for Leadership: “Tribes” and Values
[huge_it_share] Are you trying to please others when they’re looking to you for leadership? When you’re seeking validation, approval, compliments, being thought highly of, respected, or wanting to be seen as a great friend or leader, it’s...