Autumn is riddled with paradox! It’s a time of both vibrancy and decline. Leaves turn beautiful colors, but soon after fall to the ground where they return to the earth to serve a new purpose nourishing the soil for future growth. Nancy Wood captures the seasonal cycle beautifully in this poem: You shall ask What …
Nature Is Calling! Hi. It’s Ann Davison with Latitude 38 Executive Coaching. Today’s latitude adjustment message comes from Lost River, West Virginia out here on beautiful Kimsey Run. So there’s one thing that no matter what boxes we might have checked on the census form, we all have in common. We’re not getting any younger. …
Reward Yourself! Hi, it’s Ann Davison of Latitude 38 Executive coaching. Time for another latitude adjustment message. This one from the Shenandoah County Fair. I’mhanging out just outside the Midway. That’s the place in the fairgrounds where there arerides and food vendors and games, all kinds ofchallenges and risks just like life. Next time you …
Find Your Muse! Hi, it’s Ann Davison, with Latitude 38 Executive Coaching and today I’m at Muse Vineyards in beautiful Shenandoah County Virginia. I love that word muse. It’s all about inspiration, who or what inspires you and it’s so helpful to keep in mind your muse. When you’re thinking about your goals or your …
Following on the heels of the dark, often slower pace of the winter months, Spring can be the time to bring energy and creativity into our lives. Spring invites us to bring fresh eyes to our current reality or situations; to see the new, the different and the extraordinary in and around us. In her …
Gardens are a place to explore and experience the little miracles that we can create when we put time, energy and some backbone into the effort. A healthy garden requires adequate light. We must prepare the soil, plant seeds, and water often as we anticipate the bounty that will bloom from our labors. Gardens are …
In the summer of 1880, Pierre Auguste Renoir embarked on an artistic project unlike any he had previously attempted with significant consequences. He convinced an assortment of friends, patrons, and lovers to model over a series of afternoons as he painted them relaxing together on the balcony of the popular riverside Maison Fournaise café. Renoir’s …
Needing a break from reading academic studies on coaching, I recently picked up a 1936 Agatha Christie mystery, The ABC Murders. As Hercule Poirot treks through an alphabetical litany of English country towns in search of a killer, I found the classic story riddled with lessons on human behavior with relevance for coaches and leaders …
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