With the 2020 Olympic Games on the horizon, I've recently been inspired by remarkable Olympians of our past.

One of my most favorite stories to share about my family is about my grandmother. As a young woman, Hilda Sail escaped Nazi Germany with her family in 1938, just nine days before Kristallnacht - "the night of broken glass" - a night that marked a dark turning point for German Jews.

This week I want to take a closer look at stress & overwhelm - I've been hearing these words a lot lately in my coaching calls with clients, and even experiencing this inside of myself.

At the Alchemy Group the members of our team have an agreement - no matter how “crowded” our schedules get, we will all continually find ways to invest in and inspire ourselves.

Last week, Allie and I did something extraordinary.

Since we began this global Pandemic journey, I've had a specific story running in my head that I was unwilling to let go of - until last week.

Three weeks ago I was 45 minutes into a coaching call with a coaching client - we were exploring how often she was making a co-workers' reactions or emotional responses WRONG, simply because they are not reacting in the same way she would react.

For many of us, we are now upon the "one year mark" of the Pandemic. If any of you are like me, I never imagined we'd be here today still facing into the same realities.

Following-up on last week's Alchemy Advantage and just as promised, I am coming to you with PART TWO of my figurative and literal exploration into what "on the court" leadership looks like.

For any of our readers that have participated in an Alchemy session, I am almost certain you've heard Allie or I say "Leadership lives on the court" OR "Leadership is an on the court practice."

Over Thanksgiving last year I began deeply contemplating the concept of "gratitude". It seemed like a good idea given all of this political and pandemic-driven "unrest" our country has been facing.

Here we are three weeks into 2021 - yes, we are officially in a NEW calendar year - and yet for many of us it feels like the same medical, political and social storm of 2020. Personally, I got "hit" with a wave of this storm last week.
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FINALLY, here we are, approaching the last few days of 2020, a year marked by the worst pandemic in 100 years. As I write this blog, I'm rocking my "pandemic casual look" wearing my favorite leggings,

Several weeks ago the deck on my condo in South Carolina was torn down and rebuilt. Upon completion I went out to admire the work and explore my new deck. As I began to walk underneath the deck to appreciate the craftsmanship I heard a big "crunch".

With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us - a holiday that is supposed to be about gratitude and all things we are thankful for - I've recently been catching myself thinking and saying the exact opposite.

Two weeks ago we celebrated my daughter's White Coat Ceremony and the milestone of her officially becoming a Physician's Assistant.

Did you know that my Undergraduate Degree was in Geological Sciences? Yes, you read that correctly. In college I studied the composition and structure of the earth, the environment and the climate.

For the last few days I have been pondering - what do I write in this week's newsletter to you all?

For the last several weeks I have been journeying through an inquiry with a rather unlikely word. A word we may not necessarily say often, feel we are lacking, or are even at a deficit of.

Last week I decided to join the latest "fad" and purchase a pair of blue light filtering glasses. I thought it was a good idea, given all the hours I've been spending at my computer these days.

Several weeks ago a storm hit Connecticut, leaving tens of thousands of people without power after causing significant storm damage.