Communication

Is this you? ?? Someone offers you a compliment and you deflect. A colleague asks if you need help and you say you’re fine.  You give constantly to others, but when it’s time to receive? You freeze. If so, (**pats couch**) come sit. We need to chat.  For a high-achiever, receiving probably feels more uncomfortable […]

A client said something in a session recently that I’ve heard countless times before: “I don’t know how to talk about what I’ve accomplished without feeling like I’m bragging.”  For context: she’s brilliant. Gets results. Consistently delivers.  But when I asked her to walk me through her recent wins, she speed-bumped right over them.  “What […]

For years, companies have been touting how much they value authenticity. It’s been a corporate buzzword for at least a decade (“storytelling” took its place, but that’s another post for another day). Before current events in our political landscape, these organizations were clamoring to have diversity statements on their websites, schedule mandatory inclusion trainings, and […]