Karen’s Articles
Does Your Organization Promote Broom Riding?
I heard him as I was walking down the hall, “I can’t believe you screwed that up! You are so incompetent! Now I will need to stay late! Aarrgghh!” As I entered the cubicle area, I saw him ride his broom into his office just as he slammed the door. (Okay, so I made...
I Like the Way You Part Your Hair
When my son was in the second grade, I volunteered in his class. It was a classroom with eight very gifted, yet very challenging, young boys. One particular afternoon, one of the little boys in the class was particularly cranky and angry. I asked the teacher, "How...
Vision Quest – Be What You See
It was a foggy, icy day. I was driving on I-95, my son Jeffrey in the passenger seat. We were heading back from North Carolina after visiting colleges. I broke the silence, “Jeffrey, what did you think of High Point?” “It was OK,” came his monotone reply. “That’s...
Does Fitbit Cause Divorce?
A few years ago my husband Bill and I purchased Fitbits. We both set an intention of walking 10,000 steps each day assuming it would improve our health. For me, it was an idea to consider and it would help to enhance my overall fitness level. To Bill, it was a life...
What I Saw From My Hotel Room
This morning, my son Jeffrey suggested we meditate together. “Great,” I replied, “where should we sit?” “The view is nice from the hotel window, let’s just sit here.” I looked out the window in incredible disbelief. “What the heck?” I thought. And then I said,...
Great Role Models Wear Full-Length Pants
When I was 16 years old, I wanted more cash. After all, what 16-year-old doesn’t? My father owned a small printing business, and he always needed more hands for collating. Before the invention of our current-day, all-the-bells-and-whistles copy machines, collating...
Will the Oncologist Give Up on Your Loved One?
In my work, I hear it a lot... “I’m 40 years old, I’m not going to reinvent myself now.” And then there’s... “I am going to retire in a few years, so let the new kids learn that stuff.” And what about… “My father died when I was six,” or “My wife had an...
You Are What You Eat
Remember that old saying "You Are What You Eat"? I do. I remember posters in the school cafeteria, ads in magazines, and a lot of chortled high-school jokes, most of them in good fun. "Don't be a grouch. What'd you eat for breakfast, anyway -- prickly...
Sweatshirt Creates Cold Chill
When I first saw this ad from H&M, the huge retailer, I thought, “What kind of diversity do they have on their marketing team?” What my colleague Tina and I know from our training as coaches and Tina’s certification as a Diversity Professional is that...
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