Coaching is not therapy. It is not mentoring. It is not consulting. It is not the coach giving "advice" to the client. It is not the coach being an expert in an industry or area and offering that expertise to the client. It is not the coach determining the client’s direction and choices for them. It is not a hierarchical relationship.

Every single person has the ability to create a life that is meaningful and fulfilling because all human beings are creative, resourceful and whole.

The headline of The New York Times article read: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom.

Recently, I came across the following magical interview with Tom Bilyeu and Lisa Nichols and it connected me to my growth on a deeper level. It's raw, emotional, real, action-forward. It is a great reminder that setting an intention without taking action will have little to zero impact on improving your life.

Design your life, build a business to fund it and a network to support it. — Darrah Brustein

Show me your schedule and I will get a sense of your true values.

Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back to the old, familiar zone where we feel secure.

These are the things that came up for me this past week.

"We only hear what we are ready to hear. All learning meets us exactly where we are at and as we grow greater, we understand better." - Robin Sharma, The 5AM Club

This week I'm sharing a very personal conversation with a friend. We talked about discrimination, microaggressions, parenting in times of #BlackLivesMatter and just overall, what it means to be black in America.