"Where do you find your people?" is a question I hear a lot. As someone who has been offering writing workshops, coaching, and consulting for many years, I find that the people who sign up come from directions I could never predict. In the last year, I've worked with a woman who was a student of mine over 20 years ago, a doctor who treated my sinus infections about ten years ago, and a woman who I joked with as we watched our kids perform in high school band concerts way-back

There's a whole lot of travel going on this summer, perhaps some even involving you and a slew of planes, trains, and automobiles. Yet for many of us, such travel is rarely about stopping out of the whirl of motion to catch up with yourself. Particularly when it comes to getting clearer about your life's work playing out in real time, many of us need a true retreat to step back, listen to what we're truly called to at this time, and discover the next best path to take. That's

I love my work but I have a tendency, to paraphrase the Oklahoma song, to be a gal who can't say no. Yet when our mouths get us into trouble, the rest of our bodies can right the wrong, and that's what happened to me. I would take on way too much work, all of it gleaming with promise when I said yes, but by the time I was driving six hours west to do a low-paying gig or staying up late doing a rushed editing project, the shine was gone, and I was exhausted. I was also sick o

“Faith and fear both need to be brought to the bargaining table to hammer out an agreement between them,” Gregg Levoy says of finding the work you love. Gregg should know. As the author of Callings and Vital Signs, he has been writing about unearthing and enacting the work that matters to us based on his passionate insights and lived experience (especially leaping from being a salaried journalist to a beloved freelance writer and inspiring presenter). Last Sunday, Gregg w

"Where do I even begin?" is a question that occupies many of us when considering our next act or how to leap or pivot into the work of our heart. Have a listen to this mini podcast (just 5 minutes), and please pass this onto anyone else who might be interested in figuring out the what of the what, how to get started, or what to focus on when so many possibilities call.

Caryn was recently featured in KC Voyager Magazine . In her interview, she says, "I was born hard-wired to make things....The way I make a living now wasn’t conceivable when I was coming of age, so yes, there have been tiny and massive learning edges along the way. Yet all of my struggles revealed gifts and guidance, sometimes in what seems like miraculous ways." Although she rarely rides bumper car rides as she did often as a little kid growing up in Brooklyn, she has a lot

After I was thrown out of journalism school at the University of Missouri (long story involving activism and graphic design gone bad), my 20-year-old self shrugged with relief because I had a double major in history, and more specifically labor history. I had always been drawn to poetry and meaning, especially in how we tracked true to our passions while earning enough to keep the electricity on and some tasty vittles in the fridge. Although I grew up in a middle class family

Nothing like making a plan, especially when it comes to your livelihood, to make God (or anyone for that matter) laugh. So let's talk about surprising diversions that took us exactly where we needed to be. We'll share transitions and transformations we've experienced or witnessed in our clients. Come listen to how Kathryn became an accidental advertiser, and from there, surprised her way into coaching career transitions and development, uniting hundreds of people with their n