This week we all watched while flames consumed Notre Dame in Paris. ‘My heart aches.’ ‘I am heart broken.’ ‘This hurts my heart’. All my texts and conversations carried the same emotion.

It’s not uncommon that clients want to talk about Work-Life Balance. And, of course they do. We hear about it all the time – and it sounds so blissful to have this balance. And it feels so bad that it is so hard to achieve. And I want to take a big red marker and draw a circle around the idea and then put a big red line right through it.

I’m standing by the side of the road my first full day in southern India. And the street in front of me is a swirl - humans, vehicles – and cows. Color streams by. 4 generations of one family ride a scooter together, balancing carefully – no helmets. Trucks pass...

Planning to get away for some restorative time this year? Perhaps it’s a dream or only a loose plan. Know this: there’s magic in that travel. Bigger than the voyage itself.

It gets dark so early these days, as we approach the Winter Solstice. Can make me feel a little tired. And then I drive down Lake Shore Drive in Chicago and the twinkly lights of the highrises look so pretty. It’s so beautiful that I forget that it’s cold and that I felt tired. All of this got me thinking about the power of that glow.

Lose the BUT.

You get slammed with so many emails BUT I really want you to keep reading this one.

You get slammed with so many emails AND I really want you to keep reading this one.

Can you feel the difference?