Jennifer Dydo

On new beginnings, letting go of what isn't working, and finding your way back to yourself when the routines have slipped. There's something about September that gets me every year, even now that my kids are grown and mostly gone and there's no backpack to pack or first-day outfit to pick out. The light changes. The air shifts just slightly. And something in me sits up a little straighter and thinks: okay. New season. Fresh start. I've needed that feeling more than usual this year. If you've...

On fresh starts, the trap of perfect re-entry, and why you don't need a better plan to begin. Jen used the phrase "fresh page" in her article this month, and I've been thinking about it ever since. Not because it's a metaphor I'd argue with, I think she's exactly right. September does feel like a page turn. The light shifts, something in us stirs, and for about a week and a half we feel genuinely capable of becoming slightly better versions of ourselves. The question I always want to ask, as...

Let me ask you something, and I'd like you to sit with it for a second before you answer. When was the last time you had a thought, a real one, not a reaction to something on your screen or your to-do list or someone else's urgency, that surprised you a little? Something that came up from somewhere quiet and made you think: huh. I didn't know I knew that. For most of the high-achievers I work with, that question lands with a pause that says everything. Because here's what I've noticed: we...