by Pam Hernandez | Nov 10, 2022 | Change, Gratitude, Leaders, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Time
Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -by Robert Frost I have been reading lots...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 23, 2022 | Compassion, Daughters, Fathers, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Well-being
Growing up, I received the message quite early and quite often that feeling sorry for myself was not appropriate. I got this message at home and school, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone. When I was in middle school and complaining about something (probably about thinking I...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 15, 2022 | Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Physician's Academy, Positive Psychology
When I was an executive at an insurance company, I read the following: “Leadership is as much about who you are as what you do.” I firmly believed this sentiment, but most of the leadership development I received throughout my corporate career focused on the “doing”...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 5, 2022 | Change, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Strengths, Well-being
I sometimes feel I’ve gone through my life like a chocolate dipped ice cream cone. I have a deceptively solid exterior – nice looking, pleasing and totally hiding what’s underneath. I’m taking a class where we’re asked to identify one big change we’d like to make in...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 22, 2022 | Change, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, learning, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
I had several impactful coaching appointments this last week. My coaching approach involves working on clients’ inner and outer game. The outer game focuses on tasks the client would like to get better at: giving feedback, delegating, listening, building relationships...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 26, 2022 | Children, Coaching, Leadership, Listening, Mothers, Personal Growth
I was a lifeguard at a country club when I was in college. While frying my skin in the Nebraska sun, I sat in a lifeguard chair and listened to little kids yell at their mothers for hours proclaiming, “Look at me, Mommy; Look at me.” (That, and “Marco-Polo”). Their...
