Presence Comes Before Performance
In a few days, I’ll board a plane to join colleagues at a coaching event. Three days later, I’ll board another plane to meet my horse in Scottsdale for a ten-day equestrian competition. Two arenas. Two very different worlds. One shared lesson. As I prepare for both, I keep coming back to three intertwined ideas: […]
Intersections Along My Healing Path and the MCC Journey
On June 6, 2025, I underwent total knee replacement surgery—a milestone shaped by both a life well lived and the inevitabilities of degenerative arthritis. As I reflect on my recovery, I see clear intersections between my healing journey and my pursuit of continued growth and excellence as a professional coach. I’ve inhabited this remarkable body […]
Grateful to be entering 2025 with New Certifications
7 Great Reasons for you to Find a Mentor Coach Today
By Catherine Finger Have you ever experienced a powerful mentor relationship in your personal or professional life? For those of us lucky enough to be engaged and employed as professional coaches, mentor coaching can be thought of as a developmental relationship between coach practitioners with the goal of sharpening the skills of the client coach […]
Telling Ourselves the Truth
The way we address ourselves, think about ourselves and talk to and about ourselves matters. Language has the power to both communicate and shape our thoughts. We use language to express our thinking—but our language can also cause subtle shifts in our thinking. When I allow stray thoughts to linger unexamined and unchallenged in my […]
Who Coaches Your Coach?
As high-quality executive coaching grows in popularity as a leadership development tool for aspiring, emerging and excelling leaders—the pathways for preparing, certifying and monitoring the growth and development of coach practitioners merits further study. Certified professional coaches embrace ongoing learning and engage in routine professional development through a variety of coaching organizations, colleges and universities […]
Celebrating Cephalopods: My Motivating Metaphor for 2024
As I was looking back over miracles and missteps flourishing in my life during 2023, it occurred to me that I have eight rock-solid priority areas in my life that I wanted to nurture, protect, and develop more powerfully in 2024. Perhaps as a result of moving to New England, or maybe due to my […]
How to Get–and Stay–Back on Track
It happens to all of us—what started as a fresh commitment morphs into a begrudging obligation. Work initiatives begun with vision and fervor lose their appeal. Even the “good stuff” we once delved into with all best intentions no longer finds a moment on our daily calendars and starts slipping off our weekly priority lists […]
Stepping Out into Your Irresistible Future with Him in 2023
Transformation begins by examining our day-to-day habits and routines. How is your physical health? How is your nutrition? Are you getting enough rest and relaxation? How is your daily physical movement coming along? If you could take two daily steps to improve your physical vitality in the new year, what would they be? Our physical […]
Happy Endings–Bold Beginnings
How will you say goodbye to 2022—and what would you like to be able to celebrate in one year’s time? Endings and beginnings can be powerful transitions in our lives. As we approach the end of 2022, I encourage you to take some time to consider what you want to release—and what goals or milestones […]