Our story creates our suffering

Our story creates our suffering

It all started with the line, “No offense…but…”  What he wrote wasn’t offensive. That phrase, however, is obnoxious. That line flicked the domino over and set in motion the events of the next two days.  The “no offense” comment was in response to me sending some...
Amos Lee and the Buttons

Amos Lee and the Buttons

Amos Lee was at the Florida Theater Tuesday night. Mike and I were there, 7 rows back; my 7th time seeing him. The first time we saw him was in 2017 at the same theater. Back then, I’m not sure I even knew who he was. My brother had gifted us the tickets saying we had...
Defending feedback

Defending feedback

I spent a few days in Minnesota last week with a group working on their communication skills. There were two stand-out moments; one predictable, one not.  The group was mid “skill-practice” (which yes, is a euphemism for role play) when I delivered some feedback to a...
Taking things personally

Taking things personally

“Switch email list to Campaigns.” Those five words have been on my to-do list for approximately eight months. In a phenomenon that probably already has a name, but we’ll call it “Erin-itis” for our purposes, this to-do list item will probably take 30 minutes, tops. ...