Your Best Life Yet
Seven Steps to Surf Chaos in Your Life and the World (Part 1)
In the last few years, so many of us feel that we have been unable to surf the chaos in life and the world. We have lost so much — our dreams, our plans and loved ones — and as 2022 gets into gear, the waves of chaos have not stopped. Some of us have lost jobs and...
Eight Questions Nonprofit Leaders Must Ask
Consistent good leadership is an essential skill, one more important than ever in all workplaces - private, not-for-profit or government. Although this article focuses on nonprofit leadership, many of these questions apply to anyone already a leader, or aspiring to be...
Leadership Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As a young person leading a national civil rights organization, I often quoted Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in speeches and writings. His leadership lessons and words resonated with my generation of young adults hoping to identify our place in the continued...
Building a Gratitude Practice: What We focus on Grows
In the last blog post from the MMSNorCal Coaching Collective, on 21st December 2021, the longest night of the year and the beginning of winter, we shared practices on how to Reset, Reflect and Rejuvenate for 2022. In this post, on New Years Eve, we will share our...
How to Reset, Reflect, & Rejuvenate Yourself for 2022
Today, 21 December 2021, is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, just before one year ends and a New Year begins. As holiday preparations are in full swing and we are getting ready to ring in the New Year, we asked MMSNorCal coaches about how they reset,...
What are the Intrinsic Benefits of Having a Creative Practice
Have you told yourself more than once that you’d like to have more creativity in your life? Spend more time dancing, painting, journaling, or playing the guitar? What does the process of creative self-exploration look like to you? Have you thought about the benefits...
10 Practices for Rejuvenating Your Body & Mind Through Better Sleep
As a leader or a professional, if you are looking to maximize your potential and achieve your vision, you need to prepare both your body and mind to be at optimum. And, surprisingly or unsurprisingly, recent research shows that sleep, that is, getting adequate and...
Reflections on 10 Lessons on Being Human
Almost 50 years ago, in San Francisco, during the chaos of the Vietnam war and Watergate scandal, Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott, the founder of The MMS Institute started doing what nobody had done before—taking a systematic approach to human development and motivation and...
When to Get a Professional or Executive Coach
These days, and in some circles, the notion of working with a professional or executive coach is as ubiquitous as working with a personal fitness trainer or having a therapist. There are a couple of key reasons for this: the pace of changing technology is disrupting...
