by Pam Hernandez | Sep 28, 2021 | Change, Clarity, Leaders, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Well-being, Women
“She Let Go” Attributed to Safir Rose and Ernest Holmes I’m taking an online class, and the instructors start each session with a poem. I posted this one entitled She Let Go on my Facebook page and was amazed at the responses I received, almost all from...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 22, 2021 | Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Women
“If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it.” — Bette Davis The other night I had dinner with two long-time friends that I hadn’t seen for a while and we were catching up. To anyone listening to us, you’d think we’d be...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 6, 2019 | Assessments, Coaching, Front Page, Leaders, Leadership, self confidence
I coach a lot of leaders and probably the top task they have anxiety about is giving feedback. When I ask them why they’re hesitant, I hear comments such as: “I’m afraid it will be uncomfortable; they’ll get upset.” “I don’t like conflict and feedback feels...
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Book Reviews, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Women
When I was writing this blog, the words to a song by the Association came to me (Along Comes Mary) along with the title to a movie from the 90’s (There’s Something About Mary). Unfortunately, both of those titles have some connotations I did not want to evoke (but I...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 28, 2018 | Career, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Self Acceptance, self confidence, workshops
Coming from a family of teachers and having been one myself, I always heard the quote putting down teaching as a job people did when they couldn’t do anything else. “Those who can do – those who can’t teach.” So when I saw the above quote in this week’s New York...
by Pam Hernandez | May 6, 2018 | Change, Front Page, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence
There’s an interesting article in this Sunday’s New York Times, “The Upside of Envy.” The author (Gordon Marino) states that envy is the hardest emotion for us to own. Instead most of us will find a reason to disparage the person or thing that...