For Your Life Coach

07/17/2026

I’m honored to share that I have now earned all three professional designations that represent the gold standard of mentor coaching. The new ICF Mentor Coach Specialization (ICF-MCS) for ACC, PCC and MCC candidates. I love fostering development through mentoring.

The ICF Mentor Coach Specialization recognizes that mentor coaching is a specialized discipline requiring skilled observation, developmental feedback, and the ability to support coaches as they build and deepen their competency over time. I’m grateful to continue serving coaches with a commitment to excellence, consistency, and the highest professional standards.

10/09/2024

For those of you not playing the home game with me, I've been living in Miami since the middle of June and expect that to continue for several months. I have been caring for my critically ill mother having had a couple weekends off. This is not a situation where she will recover. Nor is it a situation where she is going to die. No need for speedy recovery wishes, that's not in the cards. I'm cleaning up her past, guarding her present, and creating a path for her next chapter.

Unfortunately, I was to attend the wedding of very dear friends but cannot leave due to Milton. We're as ready as possible. We have homes on both coasts of Florida. We are in the area that Hurricane Ian nailed. That place is as prepared as possible. I've done all the things for the tropical storm we'll experience here in Miami. I'm an old hand at hurricanes-- you can't be a Florida coastal girl and not know. I consider myself fortunate for the full tank of gas, having handled all the outdoor everything, and food is being prepped in case of electric outages.

I hope everyone on the west coast has come inland or left Florida. Milton, with it's tiny little eye, is not playing. I'm thinking of all of you up and down the west coast and really hoping everyone comes through this. Stay safe.

02/08/2024

Did you take time to do something for someone else not because you were compelled to do so, just because it was the next right thing to do?

Meet people where they are and at their pace.

02/03/2024

Please help Ms. Mia and her family who are a cherished member of the SELF tribe. They have experienced such heartbreak and need our communities at this time. Please be generous. Please share the post. Please tag people. Let's get this goal done.

Adolfo U. 09/03/1942. —- 02/03/2024 Born in Colombia, SA. Our Ms. SELF 2022 nee… Catherine Gross needs your support for Adolfo U. beloved father.....

11/23/2021

Create you own best outcomes.

Study says that physical activity later in life shifts energy away from processes that compromise health and toward mechanisms in the body that extend it.

09/23/2021

Having parts of your identity respected can be crucial to feeling understood.

Despite debates over which term best describes a population of 62.1 million, embracing their identities on their own terms is empowering and necessary.

09/15/2021

Celebrate the history, culture and contributions Hispanic and Latinx Americans have made!

06/30/2021

We are living in a changed world. We are not who we were in March 2020. Our work lives need to shift with us. Find the space and pace for your better mental health.

Forget the company retreat. Workers want actual time off — and some companies are willing to give it to them, recognizing that bringing workers back to the office is creating additional stress.