Wouldn’t a little control over your future feel good right now? I know, you’ve probably worked for a micro-manager you couldn’t stand. I know I have. Or maybe you’ve been called a control freak. I’ve had that too (though sometimes I think that trope is used for women whose direction people don’t want to follow). …
Do you ever wish you were better at managing up? It’s funny, I talk a lot about confidence for the employee, usually a middle manager. I wrote a whole book about it! But a friend and coaching colleague recently reminded me that bosses, maybe even your boss, doesn’t always feel confident. And if you don’t have empathy …
Knitting is having a moment — I see it everywhere. I’m feeling so validated! I’ve been knitting since I was 12. And let’s be honest — knitting is a pretty old lady thing to do, especially in your teens. Which is why I didn’t exactly shout it from the rooftops. Authencity is hard like that. …
Launching a book has shoved me into higher visibility activities – talks, events, invitations to share my ideas. It’s exciting. It’s also exhausting. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you recently up-leveled your career through a promotion or a new job. What’s jumping out to me is that when you are in a period of growth, …
A few weeks ago, I found myself in northern Minnesota for a 3-day creator’s retreat that my friend Deanna invited me to. Duluth, Lake Superior, the Boundary Waters at the Canadian border…it was all so exotic for an East Coast girl! More than the beauty, what I took from the experience is just how nourishing …
Every year like clockwork, I get to February 1st and give myself a little kiss on both cheeks, “Huh…this year winter didn’t get to me.” Then, like clockwork, I get to February 28th and say, “Whuuuutttt….happennneeed…” … Less sunlight on skin, less socializing, less energy. I feel greyed out, like what my kids call a “Non …
When I was growing up, my dad kept a vegetable garden. He grew up in Luxembourg during WW2, and the garden he planted at that time helped keep his family safe and healthy during extreme food rationing. It was an example of powerful resilience. After that, he did well in school, studied medicine, and …
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When I started my coaching business, I had a good friend who had just relocated. We’d talk on the phone several times a day—she was feeling shy about making new friends, and I was feeling shy about doing my outreach. One day, I finally said, “I have to get off the phone. My boss …
How do you get a high-powered architect, painter, beauty entrepreneur, vegan food entrepreneur, partner at an experiential design firm, two program managers for nonprofits, and a financial advisor to step into a sound bath in a Midtown spa on a random Wednesday morning? You follow the energy. It started when a former client who is …
“But Claire, I asked for a promotion last year and nothing happened,” puts me in a full slump every time I hear it. Of course it’s important to ask for a promotion. I remember reading an interview years ago where Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer and two other high powered women had a variety of different advice, …
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