by Pam Hernandez | Sep 15, 2021 | Career, Change, Coaching, Helping, Leadership Coaching, Strengths, Well-being
I just finished reading the latest novel by one of my favorite authors, Louise Penny. It’s entitled The Madness of Crowds. This is Penny’s 17th installment in the adventures of Inspector Gamache. Readers have fallen in love with the inhabitants of the fictional...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 22, 2020 | Career, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
We’ve all heard the phrase, “the elephant in the room.” It’s defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.” When...
by Pam Hernandez | Dec 31, 2019 | Career, Change, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Self Acceptance, Well-being
I have been trying to not binge watch the newest season of The Crown. I like to stretch out the pleasure. Unfortunately, I’m already through episode 7. The episode that has touched me so far (whether or not it is historically accurate) is the episode where men walk on...
by Pam Hernandez | Nov 20, 2019 | Career, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
One of the things I like best about coaching is that I provide a secure, confidential setting for clients to be themselves. Whether at work, home, socially or online, we constantly are performing the best version of ourselves. It’s always been true that we attempt to...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 10, 2019 | Career, Change, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. –Abraham Maslow The first time I thought I was grown up was after my mom died. I was 21, just finishing college, gone through a tragic event. I thought to myself, “I’m...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 28, 2019 | Career, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
I just finished teaching an online course “Mindfulness in Leadership.” One of the major points is that most of us spend more time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future than we do in the moment. I definitely fall into the “worrying about the future”...