Admittedly, when I hear the word resolution, my hackles raise a bit.  Unfortunately our media has embraced, and spread, this concept with glee. If I hear one more New Year, New You ad my head might actually explode. And those images that accompany the ads: beaches, bikinis, and general frolicking about as if they have found the secret to eternal happiness.  It's just a bunch of ‘after’ pictures. Here’s the deal, it’s not the before or the after pictures that are the problem, it’s the total dismissal of a ‘during.’  

It was December 6th, and we were the last house on the block to make the outside of our house merry. Which means that even though it was raining, we got the lights up and the candy canes in the ground. Covered in mud and freezing cold, I hopped in a very warm shower.  Just before this, as we were hanging the wreath on the door, I had briefly thought of Shalini.

While coaching is becoming mainstream, most people still have not had the opportunity to work with one. They are not entirely certain as to what a coach does (and in the absence of information it's really easy to fill in the gaps with speculation and supposition).  Let’s take a couple of minutes: I can fill in some of those gaps for you and save us both a bit of awkward small talk.