Why Working Less Won't Fix Your Burnout
A client took Fridays off to recover from burnout. Six weeks in, she felt worse. The research now confirms: cognitive strain, not hours worked, is the primary driver of executive burnout.
Why Fractional Work Is Risk Mitigation, Not Career Regression
The question came during a one-on-one with a VP of Engineering who'd spent 15 years at Google. "If I go fractional, doesn't that signal I couldn't make it work full-time?"
You don't have to earn rest
Rest isn't a reward for productivity. It's a prerequisite for leadership that lasts.
The Hidden Pattern in Career Transitions: Why High Performers Struggle Most
The client sitting across from me had built an extraordinary career. VP at a Fortune 500 tech company. Led teams through three successful acquisitions. And she was completely frozen trying to figure out what came next.
Forced Emergence vs. Allowed Emergence: Why Strategic Plans Fail When You Schedule Creativity
My workweek is 50% as long as it was in 2019. My highest-leverage results happen in about 4 hours a week. And they almost never happen during the blocks I've labeled "strategic thinking."
The Sunday Scaries Returned: What Your Weekend Dread Is Actually Telling You
For the first time in years, the Sunday scaries came back. They weren't measuring how hard my job was. They were measuring alignment.
I stopped tracking my time
What happened when I stopped tracking time and started paying attention to something more useful.
The Elimination Audit: How to Find 7 Hours Weekly Without Adding a Single System
Most productivity advice adds. This audit subtracts. Leaders who eliminate strategically get more done with less effort.
The Invisible Load: What 455,000 Women Know That the Research Doesn't Capture
The moment a mother decides to leave rarely arrives with a spreadsheet. The body knows before the mind can articulate the math.
Why your Sunday dread matters
How to find (and solve) the real problem
I’ve been reading your replies
You’re asking the right questions
What the Research Says About Leaving Who You Were: The Psychology of Professional Identity Transitions
Your title no longer fits. The professional identity you spent years building feels like a costume you're tired of wearing. Research shows these transitions require fundamental identity reconstruction, and the pattern is predictable.
