Category Archives: playing big

Unfurling with Britt Bravo

Written on October 8, 2012 by in change, life coach, personal development, playing big, unfurling, women

  This is what maturity looks like.  I’m becoming the adult I want to be.            Unfurling is something that happens all around us in nature – the plants and the critters are constantly putting on a display for us to see.  It’s miraculous, and it’s entirely ordinary.  And then there…

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Self-awareness and playing bigger : an interview with Tara Mohr

Written on October 1, 2012 by in action, change, personal development, playing big, women

It’s an old story, one you’ve listened to more times than you can count: I’m not ready, not yet.  Once I (fill in the blank), I’ll do it.  I’m still putting the pieces in place. You know the story inside and out, because you’ve said the very same words. I’ve noticed that women like us…

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Playing Big with Tara Sophia Mohr

Written on January 19, 2012 by in action, change, empowerment, leadership, life coach, personal development, playing big, women

  Your playing big isn’t defined on the world’s terms. It isn’t necessarily owning an empire or making millions.   You know what playing big means for you. It is your voice, your vision, your unique contribution flowing forth, no longer shrunken down, stopped up inside you, or compromised.             The…

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Adjusting to new truths: wherein a life coach finds more breathing room

Written on October 13, 2011 by in action, change, empowerment, intention, life coach, personal development, playing big, women

Photo by Heather Kelly-Lehman, via Pinterest I’m unfurling again. Part of the process feels familiar, like I’m stepping onto a rutted path in the woods.  And part is brand new.  As if my feet haven’t been here before. This latest unfurling is about bringing my voice forward in new, more authentic ways.  I’m claiming fuller…

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The Girl Effect : Share the Message

Written on October 4, 2011 by in action, change, empowerment, leadership, playing big, women

I’m blogging today to add my voice to the hundreds of other bloggers contributing to the second Girl Effect campaign organized by my friend and colleague, Tara Mohr.  We’re writing on a topic that makes me uncomfortable because I feel overwhelmed and saddened by it: the predicament of girls in the developing world.  I’m writing…

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The Danger of Labels: How Our Stories Shape Us

Written on August 28, 2011 by in change, empowerment, goal, intention, intentionality, leadership, life coach, personal development, playing big, women

I am not a runner. Runners are identifiable even without their running gear on.  They have that lean and eager look about them.  It’s as if there’s something coursing through their bodies that’s almost visible…like they have tapped into a power source the rest of us can’t access.  Running is a drug they can’t get…

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Stuck between floors: musings from the in-between place

Written on April 9, 2011 by in change, empowerment, entrepreneur, goal, life coach, personal development, playing big, transition, women

I find myself outside of my comfort zone these days. There’s a general state of unrest going on in my inner world.  I’m uneasy, unsettled, wishing for a wider ledge to sit on.  I know that if I could find a good perch, I’d be able to relax and appreciate the view. But somehow I…

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Can you hear me?

Written on March 13, 2011 by in change, empowerment, leadership, life coach, life coaching, personal development, playing big, women

In my previous life I worked for the World Bank.  It was the organization I most loved to hate as a graduate student, and I knew that it had a terrible track record on supporting sustainable social change in Africa.  I wanted to see how the beast worked from the inside out, so I could…

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