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How to Make Your Own Luck

Author: Catharine EctonMar 11Categories: Business, Career Coaching, Case Studies, Inspiration, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching

How to Make Your Own Luck

Business, Career Coaching, Case Studies, Inspiration, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching

I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.” – Coleman Cox, 1922 When it comes to achieving success in business, relationships, our personal health or family life, luck has this amazing ability to show up after all...

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Life Coaching: A Love Revolution

Author: Catharine EctonFeb 01Categories: Inspiration, Life Coaching for Women, Relationships

Life Coaching: A Love Revolution

Inspiration, Life Coaching for Women, Relationships

“The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of every kind.” – David W. Orr It’s the time of year when love is in the...

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New Year’s Reset: What Really Matters in Life

Author: Catharine EctonJan 15Categories: Getting to Know Catharine, Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, Uncategorized

New Year’s Reset: What Really Matters in Life

Getting to Know Catharine, Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, Uncategorized

This photo is of six of our seven grandchildren on a first ever family ski trip over the holiday break. Each one took to the snow as a grand adventure! They appreciated the beauty of the mountains, they loved the challenge of learning a new sport, they...

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Holiday Challenge: Tap Into Your Patience

Author: Catharine EctonNov 30Categories: Holiday Challenge

Holiday Challenge: Tap Into Your Patience

Holiday Challenge

In 1939 Robert May, a copywriter working at Chicago’s Montgomery Ward, wrote a holiday story at the request of his employer. At the height of the Great Depression, May was asked to write a “cheery” book for shoppers. It was suggested that an...

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Friends, The Family You Choose: the DC Life Coach’s Tips for Building Great Friendships)

Author: Catharine EctonNov 01Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Holiday Challenge, Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women, Relationships

Friends, The Family You Choose: the DC Life Coach’s Tips for Building Great Friendships)

Emotional Intelligence, Holiday Challenge, Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Women, Relationships

Last month, a group of my gal pals and I took a trip to cheer on one of our swim team friends who participated in an Ironman competition. In these troubled times of civil unrest and world problems, I find my friendships sustain me. I am so grateful for...

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Día de Muertos: A Cross-Cultural Look at Grief

Author: Catharine EctonSep 25Categories: Uncategorized

Día de Muertos: A Cross-Cultural Look at Grief

Uncategorized

Over the past few months, close friends and clients of mine have come to me with these experiences: Death of a parent Death of a spouse due to dementia Change of a spouse due to Alzheimer’s Ruptured relationship with a best friend Death of a sibling...

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Life Coaching to Overcome the Work-at-Home Grind

Author: Catharine EctonSep 12Categories: Career Coaching, Case Studies

Life Coaching to Overcome the Work-at-Home Grind

Career Coaching, Case Studies

“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” This was a breakthrough question for Eileen*, a work-at-home Mom in her mid-40s. If you follow my blog, you know this coaching question is one I ask my clients often (see my previous...

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Why You Should Get a Good Mirror

Author: Catharine EctonJul 24Categories: Career Coaching, Life Coaching

Why You Should Get a Good Mirror

Career Coaching, Life Coaching

When I work with my life coaching clients in DC and beyond, I often explain that my job is to be their sounding board – and more importantly – their mirror. Think back to a time you looked in a distorted mirror. It may have been at a carnival...

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Rose-Colored Glasses? Life Coaching & Positive Psychology

Author: Catharine EctonJun 27Categories: Life Coaching

Rose-Colored Glasses? Life Coaching & Positive Psychology

Life Coaching

Positive Psychology is fascinating to me, and certainly helps inform my philosophy as a DC Life Coach. It’s usually defined as “the scientific study of human flourishing,” and was pioneered by Dr. Martin Seligman of the prestigious University...

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How to Deal With Interpersonal Conflict at Work

Author: Catharine EctonMay 30Categories: Business, Career Coaching, Case Studies, Emotional Intelligence, Life Coaching, Nature No Comments

How to Deal With Interpersonal Conflict at Work

Business, Career Coaching, Case Studies, Emotional Intelligence, Life Coaching, Nature

If you’ve led people or existed for any amount of time in any workplace, you get it: dealing with interpersonal conflict at work is an essential skill. Several of my life coaching clients have been on different sides of workplace conflict, with...

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