Why Underconsuming Feels Right After buying a carton of eggs from the store tonight, I fried three for dinner and boiled the other seven to eat later. The cashier noted that two of the twelve were cracked, so they gave me a dollar off — which brought the price from four down to three bucks. Not bad for pasture-raised eggs. Real ones. Not factory sludge in a shell. And for some reason, that little win — that dollar off — felt good. Not desperate. Not cheap. Just... right. I kn

What if trust isn't a trait or a transaction -- but presence in a dynamic system? We often think of trust as something you either have or don’t — something you build over time or break in an instant. Something that is simply felt. It’s also been a central theme in the professional world. For a time, trust was positioned as the “new currency” of leadership. In my own work with leaders and teams, the Trust Equation  — from Maister and Green's Trusted Advisor  — often took cente

I just finished watching a movie — The Substance  — the first film I’ve seen in many months. I don’t spend much time watching movies, but one with a more mature Demi Moore and a storyline that felt a little twisted seemed like it might offer something. It did. Value, and a quiet kind of discomfort. Not shock. Not fear. Something closer. On the surface, it’s a story about aging, relevance, and the cruelty of an industry that feeds on youth. But underneath that, something else

Most coaching models begin with goals — what do you want to achieve? But in a world unraveling through performance, productivity, and pressure, achievement often leads us further from ourselves. We reach outcomes, but lose orientation. We succeed in tasks, but fracture in being. Coaching for Coherence  begins elsewhere. It starts with presence — with a willingness to see clearly, feel fully, and choose from what is true. It doesn’t rush to solutions. It listens for alignm