Birthday Presence

Little adventures have become my focus on birthdays in recent years. Two years ago, Theresa and I went stand-up paddleboarding. Last year, we did our first ropes course. This year? We took on the hike to McAfee Knob. Context: McAfee Knob is the most photographed spot...

When a Kid Gives a Compliment, Listen.

My mom, Theresa and I had just walked into a snazzy consignment shop in our neighborhood when a little girl – the grandchild of the shop’s owner, I think – looked up at me with her hair pulled into two buns like Mickey Mouse ears and said, “I like your hair!” She was...

I Gave Myself Permission to Bomb

I have a somewhat unusual comfort with public speaking. I once walked into a conference with almost no understanding of what the organizers wanted me to do and hopped on the stage in front of a couple of hundred people with hardly a skipped heartbeat or extra drop of...

Your Growth is Off-putting, Pal

A recent coaching conversation accessed an old memory and floated it to the surface of my mind. It was of a long-ago friend, someone I met at work during what is now referred to as a gap year. “You’ve changed since you started college,” she said to me a couple of...

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