If You Want To Root Yourself, Learn From The Great Oak Of Boxerwood

A couple of weeks ago, a monstrous oak tree – estimated to have lived around 150 years – ripped free of the ground near where I live in Virginia and […]
How To Better Embrace The Belief That We Have Something Worth Saying

For this month’s newsletter, I wanted to expand on an idea from last month – about the privilege of writing. When we write anything, whether a novel or an end-of-week […]
Five Tips On Writing A Book That Will Grow Your Readers – And You

The other day, a first-time author asked me for advice about writing a book. They caught me in an especially reflective mood, so I shared with them the following pointers, […]
Breathe and Receive

If you celebrate a year-end holiday, I wish you a happy one. If you observe the winter solstice and its promise of longer days and warmer weather to come, I […]
It’s Good to Be a Little Pinched and Hampered for the Holidays

“If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, then we are not giving enough.” Charles Dickens I have long loved this quote from the great British novelist. […]
Coaching for the Win

“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” Bill Gates Last week, my co-founder, Amy Humble, and I spent a day and a half with a coach being […]