“I always have to do things right. If I were actually smart enough, I’d already know how to handle this.” If that internal dialogue sounds familiar, you aren’t alone. Many high-functioning professionals spend an exhausting amount of energy managing outcomes: the exact quality of a deliverable, the tone of a Slack message, or the outcome […]

I’ve been doing Drift Map Sessions for a while now and people have been asking me what happens inside one so I decided to start this series of what happens prior to the deep coaching work. The most common thing we hear after a Drift Map Session is some version of: I didn’t expect us […]

The client in front of me hasn’t made a series of bad decisions. IN FACT, they actually made a series of entirely sensible ones. Studied something strong, joined the right firm, progressed on the expected track. Somewhere in that sequence, they arrived somewhere they didn’t consciously choose. I call this Directional Drift. It’s distinct from […]

Most women I’ve spoken to about motherhood describe some version of losing themselves in it, gradually, without a clear moment they could point to. The roles accumulated, the demands expanded, and somewhere in there, the person they were before became harder to “see”. Sue is a different kind of story. The transition wasn’t easy – […]

A continuation of: “I don’t want to mother you. I want a partner.” I’ve been working with a man (I’ll call him X) who came into coaching describing his marriage as the one place he couldn’t get things right. At work, he was a director – capable, respected, the person people brought hard problems to. […]

Something I notice quite consistently in high-achieving women is that the over-responsibility doesn’t start as a relationship problem. It starts much earlier, and by the time it surfaces in the relationship, it’s already been running quietly for a long time. They become the one who tracks everything, who remembers, anticipates, and manages. The emotional load […]

Many of the people I work with arrive with some version of the same thing. Life looks good from the outside – career on track, relationships seem fine but yet something feels quietly off in a way they can’t quite name or explain. Let me share one story that captures this particularly well. Sarah (name […]

There’s a moment in every coaching relationship where you see it – that a-ha moment when someone realizes they’ve been operating on outdated software for years. 1. The Pattern I Keep Seeing I’ve lost count of how many high achievers sit across from me with the same presenting issue: “I always feel stressed and anxious. […]
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