Have you ever had to turn someone away? Maybe you’re an event planner with a wait list to a sold-out event. It could be that you’re a service manager, and you have to tell a customer it will be a week or more before a technician can fix their broken HVAC unit or their dryer…
Jeff and I should never have met at Harvard in fall of 1992. We were in different years of our programs, different schools—and at the one meeting where we might have had a chance at meeting each other, he left early and I arrived late. And that was that. But God. I literally bumped into…
I’ve been keeping a secret from you. If you caught last week’s blog (the top 10 most popular blog posts from 2024) you saw that I teased a big announcement at the end of the blog. It’s been in the works for a little while and it’s been a dream for Jeff and me for…
This is part 2 of a two-part series on the mental wellbeing of college students. Last week my Executive Assistant, Amy Masaschi, wrote about her son’s anxiety and depression at the start of his college career. This week, I’ll offer several steps to help parents navigate the college years in a supportive way. College students…
I am delighted this week to introduce you to my Executive Assistant Amy Masaschi, who has written a courageous piece about navigating her college freshman’s anxiety and depression last year. I’ll follow up next week with statistics every college parent needs to know – plus steps to take if your college student is slipping into…
There’s lots to freak out about right now isn’t there? From our kids’ choices and business pressures to policy issues we are passionate about, there’s always something. And those “somethings” are often very real concerns. Yet the bigger concern is one we often don’t see: Are we making things worse, in our mind and heart,…
