Dear Lauren, I’m 26 and a yoga teacher who feels stuck in her life. I hope you can help me. When I was 18, I had no idea what I wanted to do, so my parents encouraged me to travel. This led me to massage school, which led me to yoga training, which led me […]
I hereby grant you permission to dream about your job. This is your official permission slip. Want to know how to use it to its fullest extent? Read on. The average American lifetime includes 90,000+ hours of work time. If you are not using those hours to live out a dream, you might be feeling […]
I have a great life, but I am always at work on something, because if you aren’t growing, you’re atrophying. And if you aren’t admitting you can be a nut sometimes, you aren’t telling the truth! A few months back, I decided I was ready to stop being such a nut on Mondays. The […]
There is something that I have really NOT wanted to talk about lately. You see, about three years ago a dream was born. Let me explain. I’ve ALWAYS dreamed of teaching people how to tell the truth and deal with hard stuff. I am passionate about peace in their lives, and I see this as […]
Guess what the most powerful coaching is about careers? Strengths and weaknesses? Your resume? Reaching out to everyone you know? Nope, it’s this: Plan TIME to work on your career. Doesn’t that seem so simple? In the Handel Method®, we teach people to see that thoughts lead to feelings and feelings lead to actions, which […]
Guess why I chose teaching elementary school as my career when I was in college? Because ALL I knew was this:1) I wanted to help people.2) I wanted to be able to get a job.3) I like a demanding atmosphere with lots to do. It seemed like a sound list of criteria at the […]
I’m back at it about health. Maybe it’s the Springtime inspiring me. And I see some of you working on the areas of body and health more than ever. Ain’t it grand? Doesn’t it just shift everything when you start an exercise routine? Don’t you feel better about yourself on EVERY single level? Or […]
Only very special people become Handel Group® coaches. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the custom (I learned it from Sex and the City) that if someone is trying to convert to Judaism, the rabbi is supposed to reject them three times and only teach them if their earnestness is proven by the fact […]
When I talk to leaders, I find out a lot of them struggle with feeling like frauds. After all the work you do to succeed, do you sometimes still end up feeling like a fraud? Recently my leadership capacities took a leap forward when I realized I was being a hypocrite. I was telling other […]
Everyone has a list of wonderful things they want to accomplish: faraway places to see, books to write, mountains to climb. Some people call it a bucket list or a wish list, but I call it a dream list. There is something deep and beautiful about having a serious list, because it reveals the […]
When was the last time you felt riveted by your career?Ever?The average American lifetime includes 90,000+ hours of work time. If you aren’t rating work an 8 or above on a scale on 1-10, it’s time to deal. Isn’t it time you confront the fact that nobody is coming to fix this problem but you? It’s […]
Sometimes I think, “If it weren’t for people, I’d get a lot more done.” Then I laugh, because that is hysterical. I’m a life coach. My job is people. I help people be happy and effective in their lives. I work with other people in order to do that, lots of people. Then, when I am […]
