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Because no one remembers your resume - but they’ll remember how you made them think. Here’s the brutal truth: most interviewers won’t remember everything you said. They won’t recall your full job history, the five acronyms you dropped, or that perfectly rehearsed line you practiced in the mirror. But if you do it right? They will remember three core things about you. Why three? Because that’s about as much as the human brain can hold after an hour of back-to-back interviews.

I was listening to a Tony Robbins seminar yesterday and heard him say “Energy is a psychological habit.” He was speaking of the core skill of pattern recognition, of becoming aware of the emotional patterns in our minds which make us angry, anxious, depressed or conversely energized, hopeful and excited. This phrase challenges one of the most common assumptions we make about ourselves: that energy is something we either have or don’t have, something bestowed by sleep, age, wo

( Hint: You’ve probably used it today.) I’m an ICF Mentor Coach .   I mentor Coaches to elevate their questions and their impact. And there’s one word I’ve all but banned from my sentence starters: Why. (And you don't have to be a Coach to benefit from this tip...keep reading.)  Why not Why? (I know, ironic.) Here’s the thing - “Why” is a double agent. It shows up looking curious, but it quietly works for Team Defensiveness. Ask someone “Why did you…?” and you’ve lit a fuse.

I shared an important coaching practice recently in a Mentor Coaching session…it is a practice that I personally have benefited from as a Coach and wanted to share, especially as we discussed the International Coaching Federation’s competency of maintaining presence. This tip isn’t flashy, tech-enabled, or trending on TikTok, yet it quietly supports the kind of presence our clients feel immediately. It was one of those quiet, practical things that often matter the most. What

Here’s what nobody tells you about building a coaching business:Your so-called flaw? It’s probably the exact thing that’ll get you to $5K months. I learned this the hard way. For years, I thought my tendency to hyper-focus on individual client differences was slowing me down. Everyone said to “systematize” and “scale with a signature framework.” But I couldn’t. I physically could not treat two clients the same way. Turns out, that’s my Individualization strength, one of my to

Coaches, I want to let you in on a secret: if you feel exhausted after every coaching session, you’re probably doing too much. Michael Bungay Stanier, in his brilliant book The Coaching Habit , coined the idea of being a “lazy coach.” Not lazy as in half-asleep on the job, but lazy in the best possible way: not rushing to fix, solve, or over-function for clients. Instead, the “lazy coach” asks the right questions, creates space, and lets the client wrestle with the work that

You know that feeling when you walk into the office and immediately start adjusting yourself? Maybe you're naturally reflective, but you force yourself to speak up first in meetings because that's what leaders are supposed to do. Or you love deep one-on-one conversations, but you push yourself to work the room at networking events because everyone says visibility matters. Perhaps you're energized by big-picture thinking, but you spend your days buried in spreadsheets because

What the 2025 competencies ask of us - an ICF Mentor Coach’s take. Imagine hopping into a time machine, dialing it back to 2019, and landing smack in the middle of the coaching world as it was then. No pandemic (yet), coaching mostly happening in person or by phone, and Zoom was just that app your techie cousin used for work. Fast forward to 2025. Coaching is everywhere; online, in organizations, across continents. Clients expect their Coaches to be nimble, human, and tech-sa