How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed If you are in (or feel yourself entering) a state of overwhelm, one helpful way to manage the stress is to quiet the noise around you. By Becky Mollenkamp, PCC Feeling overwhelmed is a common problem...
Having a son has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of my life. I’ve written before that I don’t always love the act of parenting, but it has been an incredible learning experience. In fact, the most difficult parts have provided the best teaching...
5 Lessons from a Life Coach By Becky Mollenkamp, PCC As a life coach, clients (and strangers) sometimes ask me to solve their problems. They want me to tell them the secrets to finding the perfect job, choosing the right partner, being happy. But guess what? I don’t...
When you’re having a bad moment or day (or even a long series of bad days), it can feel like things will never get better. You may intellectually understand that change will eventually come, but that doesn’t lessen the load in the moment. At those difficult times,...
You are not broken. You are not a toy with missing parts, a fixer-upper house, or a clogged toilet. As a life coach, people often tell me that they feel like something is wrong with them, that they need to mend their mindset, that they are broken and need to be...
Watch Out for Weaponized Gratitude By Becky Mollenkamp, PCC My first “real” job after college was at the Carmel Pine Cone (cute name, right?), a very small newspaper in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. I was hired as one of three reporters at a salary of $13,000. In...
