by Lucy White | Jan 14, 2026 | burnout, Coaching, executive coaching, Group Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Life Coaching, Mental Fitness, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, Saboteurs
I’ve never found myself excited to write new year resolutions. This year I decided to give it a miss until I found Gretchen Rubin’s 26 for 2026. The idea is to list twenty-six things you’d like to do by the end of the year. Her approach is to keep the exercise light....
by Lucy White | Dec 16, 2025 | Coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mental Fitness, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, Saboteurs, self care
On this particular morning, near Delphi, the sun was bright but not yet scorching. I was squinting to see up the road for the bus that would take me and my recently acquired travel companion south to Athens. I remember feeling the cool air warming up and hearing the...
by Lucy White | Nov 19, 2025 | Coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, Mental Fitness, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, Saboteurs, self care
It’s 5 PM and you’re exhausted from another day of nonprofit leadership. The board meeting was brutal, your inbox exploded, and a major project partner just ghosted you. Your hand reaches for the wine bottle almost automatically. Or maybe it’s the...
by Lucy White | Nov 6, 2025 | burnout, Coaching, executive coaching, Mental Fitness, Perspective, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, resilience, Saboteurs, self care
Last week, I had the privilege of recording three short “chats” about resilience for students in the University of Toronto Arts Management Program. This newsletter is based on my remarks. 🌻🌻🌻 In 30-plus years working in the arts, I’ve seen too...
by Lucy White | Oct 22, 2025 | Coaching, executive coaching, gratitude, Mental Fitness, Perspective, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, Saboteurs
Some post-Thanksgiving reflections on how to cultivate gratitude As Thanksgiving fades in the rearview mirror, some of us return to our regular lives feeling grateful for family and friends, delicious food, and opportunities to gather together. But what happens when...
by Lucy White | Sep 10, 2025 | Coaching, executive coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Life Coaching, Mental Fitness, Positive Intelligence, positive mindset, Saboteurs, Sage Powers, self care, Values
“Thank you for thinking of me but I’m not available at this time.” This is all I wrote when I declined to write a graduate school reference letter for a former colleague I had worked with briefly. I had been brooding over my reply for a couple of weeks. I was...
