by Kristen | Feb 12, 2022 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
One of the biggest and most common questions I’ve heard as a coach can be summed up as, “What’s my purpose?” At some point in our lives, I think most of us ask this question. We’ve maybe done all the “right” things so far—school, jobs, relationships—and yet the day...
by Kristen | Jan 9, 2022 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
A couple of months ago, I got some great advice: “Take time to absorb the things that inspire you, rather than rushing to share them with other people.” The point my friend was trying to make is that while I’ve made a career out of helping other people love themselves...
by Kristen | Dec 13, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
I used to have a nice, bright-and-shiny life, at least from the outside. I had a great job title, education from good institutions, accolades from my bosses and peers, a good house, handsome husband, a son and a daughter, good friends, and good relationships with my...
by Kristen | Dec 6, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
On Friday, I lost one of my most cherished possessions: a necklace my husband, Charles, had designed for me with the help of a jeweler friend from South Africa. I wore it to a doctor’s appointment, then put it in my purse while I had a scan. When I went to retrieve it...
by Kristen | Nov 29, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
One of my best friends from high school is alone at home recuperating from Covid. His wife, who has severe MS, is in a recovery center trying to get better with thinly-stretched medical care. (They were both vaccinated.) Another friend’s son is waiting to see...
by Kristen | Nov 13, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
Oh my gosh, I’ve been having the most blissful time cocooning. Actually, it’s been like being wrapped in a cozy blanket inside a bubble inside a cocoon. And like a little larva, I’ve been evolving inside it. I’ve been thinking deep thoughts. I’ve written thousands of...
by Kristen | Sep 12, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
September 12, 2001 Inexplicably, the sun came up again this morning, as if nothing had happened. As if the world—or America, at least—hadn’t been changed forever yesterday. As if thousands of innocent people hadn’t been killed for reasons I cannot comprehend, by…who?...
by Kristen | Sep 5, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
Two years ago this month, my breast cancer was advancing again. It was back in my liver and spreading through my bones. I was on my third or fourth line of estrogen-focused chemo, but it seemed clear that they were no longer working. My (former) oncologist still...
by Kristen | Aug 29, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
When we are born, we come into the world fully loaded with spirit, personality, and potential. We have the wiring to become so many wonderful things. If we are lucky, we are welcomed at every stage of our lives for that original wiring—our families, friends, teachers,...
by Kristen | Aug 22, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
There was an unusual amount of forced rest among people I love this week, and they didn’t love it at all. My husband hurt his back and couldn’t do his morning exercise or enjoy his regular daily routine without pain. My dad’s wife broke both her elbows (yes, both...
