This is a pattern I’ve seen quite often in my high-achieving, women clients. It is exhausting. And you can change it. Behaviors and thoughts that reflect this pattern might look like: “I can’t do this project perfectly, so I should wait until I have enough time.” (There’s never enough time)…

Many of my clients are at the top of their fields, working in medicine, law, education, and more. They are highly successful, and they have arrived at their destination after a long road of school and career ladders. But something is missing. …

Photo by Riccardo Annandale, Unsplash By Rebecca Arnold, JD, CPCC, ACC, Inertia Coach for Leaders. We all struggle with motivation from time-to-time, but the pandemic has been a motivation sledgehammer for many. We know that our brains don’t work well under stress, unpredictability, multi-tasking, and chaos. See the New York Times’s aptly named article, Why Your Brain Feels Broken. There…

Before COVID, there was already an epidemic of stress throughout the education system, from kindergartners through superintendents. …

Yes, there is pain and suffering and inequity and broad systematic failures. This large-scale human physical and mental suffering surrounds us. It’s in the air we breathe..the gaps between us. We hold this pain in us as collective loss. And yet. We can’t afford not to dream. Our dreams lift…

You are a leader in an organization and want to know how to best use your position to support your people and your organization, while remaining balanced and resourced yourself. The COVID crisis is requiring a particular flavor of leadership know-how outlined in the seven principles below. …

Yes, I dance around the kitchen. I also enjoyed the 80’s, don’t know whether it’s Jif or Gif, and I sometimes make stupid jokes. Most of the time they are hilarious, though, for the record. I used to be appreciated for the smallest things: getting a band-aid in the nick…

By Rebecca Arnold, Personal & Leadership Coach, rootcoachingconsulting.com My husband and I are celebrating our 15th anniversary today! I am filled with love, gratitude, and appreciation for him and the relationship we have created together. Here’s how I’m planning to celebrate, Soulful Style. After the kids go to sleep, we…

By Rebecca Arnold, Personal Coach, Root Coaching & Consulting, LLC Resentment is relationship cancer that sneaks up on us and can metastasize into full-blow hate. Yikes! An important source of resentment is how we allocate responsibilities within our romantic partnerships. There are four beliefs undergirding this assertion: 1) We don’t…