Nov 12, 2023
âWe didnât think youâd notice the difference,â the guys said when they came back from the store as they put the Schnucks-brand tonic water on the granite countertop. âItâs just like Fever Tree, isnât it?â Oh, no, gentlemen. No, it is not. Yet, we were all too tired from the week to go back out […]
Oct 8, 2023
âSome people are concerned about using personality as part of our professional development,â my corporate client shared in a prep call. âTell me more,â I said (BTWâŠmy all-time favorite conversation continuer is âtell me more.â) âWell, some of our staff who came from another agency had DISC profiles displayed, and their personality profiles were used […]
Apr 14, 2023
Ding! I opened the text preview at my kitchen table. I dropped my phone on the placemat. I clenched my jaw, closed my eyes, and shook my head. The grey bubble lacked logic and overflowed with pessimism and negativity. I read the text to my daughter, who confirmed â it didnât make sense.⣠Iâd like […]
Apr 6, 2023
Assumicide attacked our home one weekend. Casualties were great. In my pale celery green kitchen, my hands full scooping out eggs for brunch, my oldest man-child loomed in the doorway and kindly called me on an assumption. Ouch. Just the day before, this same then-17-year-old and I had a similar conversation in the very same […]
Mar 31, 2023
Work doesnât have to be this hard. It can be a joy. Joy, connection, belonging, purposeâŠall of that is available at work. As part of the wholeness of your life. You can work where your strengths are embraced, and your growth is championed. A place where values drive innovation and care, sustaining a wholehearted, flourishing […]
Aug 15, 2022
Three cousins walk into a bar.An illustration on conflict. A fireball on ice, cucumber soda, silver martini, and sampler app ordered at the counter, the group grabs a table, plunks down their white table number down, and start catching up. After 20 minutes of laughing and talking, they notice their appetizer has not arrived. Silver […]
Aug 8, 2022
Youâre pool-side, slathering sunscreen on a kid who just wants to get into the water, and that slack ping on your phone tickles your ears. Resentment, guilt, insecurity all flood your chest. What should you do? Hereâs the goal: Stop shoulding on yourself. So Iâm not gonna tell you what you should do. But I […]
Aug 3, 2022
The glass text alert dinged, and I opened the preview at my kitchen table. I just dropped my phone on the placemat. I clenched my jaw, closed my eyes, and shook my head. The grey bubble lacked logic and overflowed with pessimism and negativity. I read the text to my daughter who confirmed â it […]
Jul 1, 2022
Itâs been a week, friends. Itâs been a week. Congressional hearing bombshells, Supreme Court rulings, and a host of other issues have nearly everyone Iâve talked to off-kilter (at best). Today I was having lunch with a new friend at a delicious Mexican place with straws too big for the glasses. I, of course, got […]
May 20, 2022
Hi, Iâm Jenn, and Iâm a recovering conflict avoiderâŠwho now helps people solve conflict. Raise your hand if you would like to run the other way when thereâs conflict. Or maybe youâre the one who goes into solution-mode and policies. Possibly you are the one ready to fight?? For most of us, the idea that […]
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