I read a blog post recently about asking whether there are weapons in the home before sending your child over on a playdate. (For those of you not in Seattle, two children were killed and one injured by guns in the hands of other children in the last couple of weeks.) I asked my 8-year-old son what he would do if he saw his friend’s parents’ gun on a playdate. “I’d think it was cool,” the idiot boy said. “But what …
Heavy Weights
As a personal coach, I spend a lot of time helping clients clean up and throw away the crap in their lives that takes up a lot of emotional space: stuff ranging from dirty man caves to “taker” friends to unrewarding jobs. As a coach, I’m really interested in what clearing that detritus makes room for. Last week, I got a taste of it. Early in the morning, I answered the daily joy question with: “One small thing I can …
Small Joys
“I’m not a crier,” said a favorite coaching client. “I’ve tried to cry over this, but the tears don’t come.” My client has a young child — and a job she loves. She’s an executive at a company you’ve heard of. “I feel splatted,” she says. Her travel schedule involves flying to a different city every week this month. I work on Work/Life balance in some form with all of my clients. Work/Life balance with clients with small children is …