Harry Potter has returned to Hogwarts in search of what he thinks is Voldemort’s final horcrux; meanwhile, Voldemort’s forces prepare to attack the school. Professor McGonagall assures Harry that she and the others will do everything possible to give him time to search. On the steps of the school, she intones “Piertotum Locomotor!” thus calling […]
The Value of Visuals: A Guest Post from Becky Sansbury
Welcome to guest blogger Becky Sansbury, author of After the Shock: Getting You Back on the Road to Resilience When Crisis Hits You Head On. Becky and I worked together for many months on her book. I can assure you she draws on deep personal and professional experience when she talks about crisis and resilience. […]
Stop Labeling Yourself: Getting Beyond the Plotter-Pantser Dichotomy
I was puzzled by these drafts. My client had presented this material a thousand times. Why, then, did it sound like the concepts were being explained for the first time? When I finally asked, I got a laugh. “Oh, you know me, I’m a pantser.” The Plotter – Pantser Dichotomy If you hang out in the writing […]
How Not to Schuss: The Four Steps for Developing a New Skill
In my wilder and [much] younger days, I spent two glorious years as a ski bum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (peak elevation 10,568′, vertical drop 3668′). As a Midwestern girl, I’d learned to ski on icy artificial snow at Mount Kato (peak elevation 840′, vertical drop 240′) near Mankato, Minnesota, and Fun Valley (peak elevation […]
Expression and What ifs?: RIP, Pat Summitt
When the headlines about Pat Summitt’s impending death read “the family is preparing for the worst,” I thought to myself Really? Death is not anywhere close to the worst thing about Alzheimer’s. The worst is the gradual disintegration of self. The gradual loss of language, of expression, of history, of relationships. The crumbling of the […]