Sue Schleifer
Surprised
I received a letter from Assessor, Phong La with the County of Alameda. I was happily surprised by the words written on the back of the...
Sue Schleifer
LIFE & LEADERSHIP COACHING
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Sue Schleifer
- Jul 6
- 3 min
Everything Is Always Changing
I’m looking out the window of my office/guest room at the overgrown magnolia tree in our front yard, and if I stand, I see a distant view...
Sue Schleifer
- May 5
- 2 min
New Destination Part II or Looping Back
In 2013 I wrote a chapter for my book, The Key To The Castle, entitled “New Destination.” It is time to write “New Destination Part II or...
Sue Schleifer
- Apr 29
- 5 min
New Destination
This story is from my book, The Key To The Castle: Zen and Travel Stories of Trust, 2013. When I travel to a new place, whether to...
Sue Schleifer
- Apr 29
- 4 min
Working In The Field You Love When You Can't Get A Job In Your Field
Do you know someone who has trained or studied for years in a particular field or artistic area and then is not able to find work in...
Sue Schleifer
- Apr 6
- 2 min
What's Next?
What I love in my coaching work is helping people design their next chapter. For many people, it can be challenging to decide which...
Sue Schleifer
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Lean On Me
Recently I’ve discovered a podcast, that I can’t get enough of, called “Soul Music.” In each approximately 30 minute episode, they...
Sue Schleifer
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Possibilities and Paths
My husband stood up from the dining room table after breakfast and said he was headed to his office to write an exam. I said, “Aren’t you...
Sue Schleifer
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Fuel and Frictions
On my walk today I listened to Shankar Vedantam interview organizational psychologist Loran Nordgren on The Hidden Brain podcast. They...
Sue Schleifer
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
This Story Is About More Than Online Dating
In the last several years, I know of several people who have met their partners through an online dating service and others who have not...
Sue Schleifer
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
Thought Exercise For Organizations
What if you received a call from MacKenzie Scott (see below) informing you that your organization was the recipient of a sum of money...
Sue Schleifer
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
Finding Inspiration
If you are like me, you find inspiration from stepping outside your daily routine or in noticing intimate encounters in nature. I invite...
Sue Schleifer
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Unrealized Potential
In the past few weeks, two of my coaching clients have described “career tests” that they took in their past that they thought told them...
Sue Schleifer
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
When will this be done?
Last weekend I decided to make crawfish etouffee for the first time. The recipe called for making a roux. I stirred and stirred and...
Sue Schleifer
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
It Smells Like Potential
Ted Lasso arrived in my life at just the right time. I wanted to watch something funny and with this program I received so much more. I...
Sue Schleifer
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
No Guarantees
With quiet anticipation, I pick up my favorite knife and the avocado that I have deemed is most likely ripe, finally. I slice it in half...
Sue Schleifer
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
What Moves You?
I am writing this newsletter on Groundhog Day. It got me thinking about the film and wondering if I could choose a day to repeat again...
Sue Schleifer
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
DoBeDoBeDo
Last week my husband Mark and I watched the Ram Dass memorial service, sponsored by Seva Foundation. Ram Dass was one of its founding...
Sue Schleifer
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Theater, The Brain, and Empathy
What do theater, the brain, and empathy have to do with one another? You’ll find out when you watch Josh Kornbluth’s latest one-person...
Sue Schleifer
- Oct 4, 2020
- 2 min
Laughing and Crying
I have rejoined a book group that I had to leave when I moved from Oakland, CA to Lafayette, LA more than ten years ago. It was just one...