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“Vacation, all I ever wanted…”
"Vacation, had to get away." - Vacation by The Go-Go's (Wiedlin, Valentine & Caffey, 1982) After 18 months of pandemic, I need a vacation, you need a vacation, we all need a vacation! With vaccinations increasing and travel limitations decreasing it [...]
The Elephant In Your In Box
E-mail is the “elephant in the room” of many coaching conversations. It is omnipresent and, when poorly managed, debilitating to productivity. Reviewing and responding to e-mail keeps us enormously busy but it takes a big toll on our productivity and [...]
Something for Everyone: Busting Imposter Syndrome, BIPOC Women Support Group & YouTube Leadership Series
I love helping lawyers, CPAs and others find their best productivity practices, increase profits, decrease stress and have more time for life. I do this work through Individual Coaching, and Professional Development Services and Retreat Facilitation for law offices and [...]
Let Intention Be Your Guide
This year we dug into a basement remodeling project. First, we considered how we wanted to use the room. Since we would use it primarily for media (TV, movies and gaming), we realized two windows could be removed rather than [...]
In Praise of Downshifting
“Are we there yet?” is the familiar backseat refrain of many a family car trip. Whether it is a quick trip to the store or long summer road trip, it is hard for kids to occupy their busy minds and [...]
Walking the Talk in Retreats and in Life
When it comes to wellness, parenting and business planning, it always helps to walk your talk. In our family this plays out literally when we take our teenagers and our dog Cooper out on hikes. It's what we like to [...]
Retreats that Lead to Action!
I recently designed, planned and facilitated a nine attorney retreat for the Portland law firm, Richardson Wright LLP. We paid specific attention in planning in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, being careful to observe requirements for small group gatherings in [...]
Turn Down the Volume to Boost Productivity
Nigel: "You're a Ten on your guitar, where can you go from there? Where?" Marty: "I don't know." Nigel: "No where. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra push over the cliff ... know what we do? [...]
Change Habits with Intention and Awareness
When a coaching client struggles to make progress toward a goal, one of the first tools we apply is what I call "Awareness Work." As we become more aware of how things are, we can learn a lot about how [...]
Who are tcb coaching clients?
It might surprise you to know that my average coaching client is a law firm partner with 11-20 years in practice. My coaching clients have four to 40 years of experience. Some might think that coaching is most helpful for [...]