Do you think of work-life balance as a mathematical equation to solve? Does it feel impossible to solve it? There’s a good reason for that: it’s not about achieving a perfectly balanced equation at all times. In my 25-plus years as a coach, author, and mentor, the topic of work-life balance for colleagues and clients…
We’re journeying through some uncertain times, and anger is welling to the surface for many of us…now more so than ever. I’m seeing it in my practice, and I’m sure you are, too… It’s okay to experience negative emotions during times of extreme stress. The challenge is to find healthy ways to address your feelings…
Charlie Brown, the famous Peanuts character, was oft exclaiming, “Good grief.” In those moments he, of course, was not really speaking about grief. It was just a colloquial phrase often expressed in moments of upset or disappointment. I have counseled and coached others for years about the stages of grief after loss, and the various…
And Cherish the Global Community by Patrick Williams, Ed.D., MCC In our coaching engagements, we model and may even teach the power of pause…a purposeful use of silence and focused listening giving us and our clients time to slow down and hear our inner voice. Even our coaching conversations are structured as a way for…
As I arrive in Los Cabos for a family gathering, and ponder the recent talk of border walls, and keeping people out and keeping people in, I reflect on all my travels around the world and wonder…why do we humans have such a problem with different people? Different from what? Us? Our skin? Our language?…
Humanity has always confounded me. We are supposed to be an ever evolving species and yet we make choices to destroy each other, the planet and its resources. However, not all humans are destructive or violent…people to people we usually see our differences and learn. But politics, power, and greed get in the way of…
by Dr. Patrick Williams, EdD, MCC I love parables…from those spoken by Jesus in the Bible, to Aesop’s Fables with great life lessons, and more modern parables such as The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard (I always wished I had written that deceptively simple treatise) to Leadership and Self Deception, and the Anatomy of…