What’s Next?

A What’s Next Update I’ve taken a few months off to reflect on how I want to approach 2025 and my What’s Next. It’s been enjoyable as I’ve focused more on self-care—reading for learning and fun, working out daily, strengthening my meditation practice, and talking to folks about their What’s Next . One 20-year-old Navy […]

Navigating Election Season: A Balancing Act I’ll admit it—I’m not handling this election season very well. I go back and forth between wanting to get involved by making phone calls or canvassing, and then I swing the other way, deciding to avoid the news altogether, thinking that my small efforts won’t make any real difference.

What’s Next: Facing My What’s Next In my first few posts, I’ve shared thoughts on courage, self-understanding, and acceptance. We all need these skills and others when we ask ourselves: What’s next? But today, I want to step back and reflect on something more personal. Even when I talk about these skills, it doesn’t mean

Over the years, people have joked that I “need to have my head examined.” Well, last week, I finally did. I had an MRI to check out some tingling I was experiencing. Fortunately, everything returned normal, and my doctor even reassured me that I have a brain! Medical crises happen to people every day, and

What’s Next Skill Two: Self-Understanding I recently completed providing feedback to a group of employees who completed a three hundred sixty-degree degrees (360) evaluation at their organization. I think these surveys are one of the most effective tools for helping people understand how to improve their work performance. 360-degree evaluations involve asking questions to an