Erin’s Blog

I call it my Mystic Pizza summer. Except I was in Maine, not CT. I had no sordid love affairs. I did not drive a Vespa.  It was the summer I worked in Camden, ME, slinging lobsters at The Lobster Shack, coming home nightly drenched in lobster juice and drawn...

About 2 months ago, I celebrated my birthday. Weird around birthdays. Don’t want the attention and then I get confused why no one does anything. I’m approaching what I’ll call the half-way-point birthday so decided to do a little assessment of where I’ve been and...

My sister came home from college for the summer and I spied a new mixtape in her car console. I borrowed stole it, as you do, to get a sense of what the college kids were listening to.  I fast-forwarded through a lot of the songs. One, from the opening clack clack...

Today I started with a new dentist. They are VERY thorough with their intake process, which I completely appreciate. I gave some examples of why I quit my old dentist to join the new.  One such example: the fluoride upsell. As I told Sam, the lovely assistant that...

We reviewed the feedback 101 section of the workshop. I covered the 9 positive/affirmative to 1 corrective feedback ratio as part of the 101. I asked if there were any thoughts and noticed a look of concern and mild confusion on a participant’s face.  “I think that...

Last night I met my two JAX friends for a hang. There were two options: a Downtown Art Walk or adult coloring at a bar. We choose option 2. Now before “adult coloring” can be construed as something it’s not, it is, rather, exactly what you would imagine: sheets...

She made a comment that set off an internal cringe. Her explanation of the comment, with full confidence and determination of proving her theory brought the slow rise of the internal double middle-finger. Then she asked a question…and that set me over. Full shut...

Note: I had a conversation with Coco prior to writing and got her permission to share our car ride convo with you all. 😊 I’m Aunt Erin to 7 nieces and 1 nephew. The oldest starts her sophomore year in college in the fall. I’ve made it clear that they will all refer...

Human capital. Human Resources. Talent Management.  I saw a post from Dr. Susan David this week about how words matter. The gist: perhaps we shouldn’t refer to the humans we work with/work for us as “capital” or “resources,” and instead choose a more human term.  I...

Crossing the street on Tuesdays and Fridays have become moments of pure joy for me the past three weeks.  Is there a puppy on the other side of the road, you ask? Someone handing out cash? Ice cream?  Nope. Not even close! The crosswalk light has been activated. ...