The first time I cut my own hair, I was terrified. I had been paying professionals to cut and color my hair since I was thirteen. But...

Continuing with our Leaders Who Inspire series featuring writers and leaders doing the courageous work of walking into the unknown. The...

I can distinctly remember the sound of the metro doors on my last ride as a resident of the Washington, DC-area, “doors opening, doors...

I am in back-to-back meetings all day, meaning, I am lucky if I have five minutes to run to the bathroom or get a cup of coffee. And...

In these uncertain times, it's easy to want assign blame to everything going on around us - our bosses, unrelenting schedules, even our...

Twelve years ago, I was hospitalized for seventeen days with a bout of severe pneumonia. The organism living in my lungs had grown...

I’m in Paris, sipping a cafe creme and biting into a buttery croissant in a sidewalk cafe. I've been here for a week - working, seeing...

I'm standing in a Saturday afternoon improv class in Hollywood that I've been dreading for weeks. I've signed up for a three hour...

After the glitz and clamor of the holiday season, January stretches out like a barren expanse. The quiet is only temporary, and that...

"You can't become something you can't imagine." The room grows silent, and I pause to let this sink in. My audience is a group of...

It requires a lot of vulnerability to admit you really want something. I'm in the process of applying for a job that I desperately want....

Steve Jobs famously said, “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all....

I got into a car accident last week. I was fine, but it shook me up: Physically, I was shaking, and mentally I could feel the pull of...

When I left my full time job two years ago, I had no idea the roller-coaster I was in for, but the lessons I have learned are invaluable.

I take a gulp and look down at my check book. It has been siting on my desk for days now, taunting me in my indecision. The words of the...

“Are you dog fearing?” Bob asked, setting down his sandwich and looking at me with startling blue-gray eyes. “Dog fearing?” I shook my...

“I will continue to return to you if you are on stage.” This was the phrase my father said to me the first time he came to me in my...

"We'd like to offer you the position." The phone line goes silent and I take a big gulp of air. The silence crackles with expectation,...

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them Confucius We talk about trust a lot. Trust in ourselves, in...

Burnout is real. It is something that can happen to all of us, even when you are doing what you love (especially when you are doing what...