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I’ll be honest. For most of my career I hated team building. And I bet a lot of you do too. Not because you dislike teams. But because it feels so contrived. Forced participation, awkward activities, wasted time when we're too busy already, and the lack of connection to the real work that needs to be done. Trust falls that don't build trust, personality tests that pigeon hole individuals into a limited number of "types," building towers with spaghetti sticks. To what end?

You and your team did the assessment. Nothing really changed. Why? You brought in DISC, did the 360 reviews, maybe found your Strengths, or your Big-Five. Everyone got their report and the debrief. There were nods of recognition (self and others.) There were insights and probably some good "aha" moments. Then... nothing really changed. Or if there was a change, things quickly reverted back when work got stressful. In the end, the team dynamics stayed the same. The trust ga

Your Best People are Your Biggest Problem (And You don't Even Know it.) When you hire high performers you expect magic. Sometimes you get it, at least for a while. More often, what you get instead is talented people working in parallel universes. Individual goals are crushed! Individual efficiency is high. Individual delivery you can always count on. But somewhere between their desk and their teammates's desks the work fragments. As they used to say in my former organizat

Leadership development often focuses on skills: How to communicate clearly How to manage performance How to influence outcomes How to navigate conflict These are important capabilities. But leadership is not only expressed through what we say or do. It is also communicated through something less visible: Our presence. The way we enter a room.The way we respond under pressure.The signals we send through tone, pacing, attention, and nervous system state. People are constantly r

Most leaders today are not managing a single change. They’re managing many changes. New priorities. New systems. New structures. New expectations. New ways of working. Often layered on top of changes that never fully had time to settle. And because change has become so constant, something else has quietly become normalized: Fatigue. Not the kind that comes from working hard toward something meaningful. The kind that comes from continually adapting… without enough time to reco

And it can be a sign of a bigger problem. One of the most common things I hear when I suggest a team pause, reflect, or step back together is this: “We just don’t have time right now.” Deadlines are coming up. Projects are moving. Priorities feel urgent. Everyone's plate is full. And on the surface, that reasoning makes sense. But here’s the paradox: When a team truly doesn’t have time to step back…it usually means they need to step back more than ever. Before they fall back

From Shedding to Striding: A Little Woo and a Lot of Wisdom I'm not the kind of person who puts much stock in the zodiac, Chinese or otherwise. I don't map my life or my business by their predictions. However, I sometimes find it fun and interesting to see what they say. Paying attention to the zodiac is a habit I picked up from my mother, Veda. She believed in the energy of the stars and other mysteries. Though some found her a bit too "woo," she knew there was more to life

Most of us have been taught to honor our commitments. We’re told to follow through, keep our word, and finish what we start, even when that thing we started is quietly draining the life out of us. But what if the bravest, most aligned thing you can do is to walk away? The Power of a Pivot Not long ago, my oldest child Andie found an old newspaper clipping announcing my mother’s engagement in 1953 ... to a man who was not my father. I remember Mom talking about a serious rel

Change isn’t just something we decide to do. It’s something we become. Change is a full-body experience. Whether you’re navigating a career shift, healing old patterns, or redefining your purpose, transformation begins in the nervous system, not in your head. Somatic science shows that transformation starts in the nervous system. When we learn to read the body’s signals, regulate our state, and ground safety from within, change stops feeling like an uphill battle and star

Top 10 factors to guide your decision I've seen a few social media posts lately about people looking to get into Equine Assisted Coaching, but don't know which certification program to choose. It can be complicated. There are a lot of choices, and they can vary widely in prices, time commitment, and methods of delivery. So, I've broken down what I would look for in a program into the top 10 elements, and why each one is important. As you're searching for a program, I invi

Whether you are a horse person or not, you might find yourself asking: “Why horses?” “What do they know about coaching?” “What do they...

Developing emotional resiliency is never a one-size-fits-all kind of deal. When we really want to make changes in our life, sometimes,...

Breathwork is a powerful and amazing somatic technique for accessing your body's own natural intelligence. This practice can help us...

First let's talk about what exactly is "Somatics" The root of the word somatics is Soma - meaning “of the body” or “the body as perceived...

Let’s get something straight: the way “The Law of Attraction” is often presented, e.g., manifesting wealth with vibes alone, or...

Spoiler alert: it's not the horse. Let's start here: I'm not a good rider. I didn't start to ride until late in life, and I can be an...

Creating a healthier workplace environment is essential not just for employee well-being but also for increasing productivity and morale....

Introduction: In Agile/Scrum, the Retrospective is a powerful ceremony for learning and improvement. We can make the Retrospective even...

In modern management theories and practices we hear a lot about the importance of psychological safety in building strong, high...

I pay more attention to the moon living on the farm than I ever did in suburbia. Maybe this is because with a dark night sky I simply see...