by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang I’m coming off of a Mexican spa vacation and celebrating my 50th birthday by performing my one-woman show in New York City. This year also includes my husband’s fiftieth birthday and our 20th wedding anniversary. The teenager will get his permit this summer, the tweens are in their…
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Halloween: Addressing the DARK Side
By Laura Berman Fortgang For years, we coaches have insisted that coaching is distinct from therapy. It is, but we are trained to recognize the dark side of life and personalities and we are not afraid of it. It comes up. It happens. In the spirit of Halloween, and the sometimes-scarier aspect of ourselves, there…
Now What Q&A-Unemployed and Interviewing
Today’s question comes from a member of our community who participated in a recent Community Call, and is answered by Laura Berman Fortgang. Question: My position as a Benefits Manager and HR generalist was eliminated last year. When I’m on an interview, I need a better way to answer the question: What have you done in…
Purpose Is A Journey, Not A Destination
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang (Originally published at Huffington Post ) It’s not uncommon in personal development curriculum to explore what one’s life purpose is. It’s a worthy pursuit to answer the age-old question of “What am I meant to do?” and yet I know it to be a confusing and painful…
CLEAR THE WAY TO CLARITY (AND MOMENTUM)
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang This is coaching 101, but it’s not old news. It’s news that needs to be revisited anytime you get stuck. If you’re not getting the results you want, if you’re frustrated because you feel clueless as to your next steps or if you just feel stale,…
“Dumb” Ideas That Made Millions
When brothers Shep and Ian Murray started Vineyard Vines, a tie company based on Martha’s Vineyard, they were told it was a dumb idea. When Rick Wetzel of Wetzel’s Pretzels decided to run with his wife’s idea to sell big, soft pretzels at the mall, he sold his Harley to raise funds. The genesis of…