by coachseattle | Dec 13, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development, Reflection
Year-End Reflection Reflecting on this year’s coaching conversations, I noticed two questions appeared repeatedly: “What matters to you?” and “What are you good at?” What matters to you is the values you honor. What you are good at is about your strengths and your...
by coachseattle | Sep 20, 2025 | Coaching, Personal growth & development
Request, Narrative, and Fear “Before you speak today – whether in conversation, in writing, or even in thought – pause. Drop into your heart. Ask: “Is this arising from fear or from truth?” ~ This quote was what I received from Transmission 20 from...
by coachseattle | May 15, 2025 | Coaching, Personal growth & development
Neuroplasticity – the Secret of Training and Education Today, after 20,000 steps and 200+ pictures taken, my friend decided that I was not teachable about taking pictures. She took beautiful photos for me and showed me many times how to capture the backgrounds for...
by coachseattle | Mar 15, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
Learning from WorkPlace Big Five As I wrapped up my certificates on a personality trait assessment, Workplace Big Five, I started reading The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning, a book recommended by a colleague. The author Dan P. McAdams used...
by coachseattle | Feb 15, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
Vertical Development – Sense Making My dad wanted to give my daughter his new walker. He said, “It’s too fancy for me, and it seems Julie showed great interest in it when she put it together.” This highlights how a 96-year-old makes sense of the world. Like my dad, we...
by coachseattle | Feb 5, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
WorkPlace Big 5 I am in the process of getting certified with the WorkPlace Big 5 and enjoying what I am learning. It’s a personality assessment that explores traits that appear in a correlated set of behaviors. The five traits are Need for stability, Extraversion,...
