The Quiet Transmission Between Two People at Work
The silence in his story felt charged, like the moment right before a wave breaks.
He sat across from me describing a meeting with his boss, and I could feel it — that invisible shift in the air when something unspoken enters the room.
He told me about the conversation — nothing dramatic, nothing explosive.
Just a simple exchange where his boss said one thing, but the space between them said something else entirely.
He had felt it immediately: a tightening across his chest, a flicker in his stomach, the swift rise of an emotion he didn’t yet have language for.
Listening Begins Within
I never meant to become a deep listener.
It wasn’t a skill I set out to master.
It happened because I became curious — I wanted to understand what I was really feeling inside myself.
To do that, I had to slow down and begin noticing.
My automatic thoughts.
My emotions.
The sensations and constrictions moving through my body.
I wanted to know what was true for me — beneath all the noise.
Bring Your Truth to Work
I worked in corporate sales for 20 years. At Polycom, it was the end of the quarter, and what mattered more than anything was meeting my number — even at the cost of the client’s well-being. I felt dirty. Numbers mattered. Image mattered. But inside, I felt hollow — like a puppet going through the motions.
Daring the Career Change
Today, I sat across from a woman who told me she was looking for a new job. Her voice dropped when she said it, like she was confessing something forbidden. Then, almost in the same breath, the reasons tumbled out—why it was impossible, why it was too late, why it would never work. Her hands twisted in her lap as though she was holding on for dear life.
Empty Space
✧ The Fallow Season: When Letting Go Makes Room for More
We as humans naturally resist letting go.
We fight with everything we have to avoid loss, to hold on just a little longer.
But what if loss wasn't the end?
What if underneath the barrenness, there was something profound and new waiting to take root?
As a coach, I have the rare privilege of witnessing transformation up close.
In the intimacy of this work, something sacred unfolds—
Trust deepens, breakthroughs arrive, and hearts open.
And then, the natural ending comes.
The work completes.
The season changes.
And I’m left with the quiet ache of goodbye.
“I’m Wild”
✧ Wild Like This
I’ve been spending as much time as I can at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes.
I’ve fallen in love with this place.
The beach is 8 miles off the main road, surrounded by the untamed wildlife of Northern California.
I sit quietly and watch the pelicans fly in formation over the waves.
I laugh at crows and gulls as they wobble up the beach in 30-mile winds.
Last Sunday, I watched an eagle chase off six vultures from the body of a dead seal.