by Rachel McDonald | Jan 20, 2026 | Blogs
Many of us grew up hearing some version of “Think before you speak.” It’s good advice, though not always easy to follow. Blurting happens -and more often than not, it doesn’t help. The holiday season just whizzed by. Whether you were celebrating, hibernating, or just...
by Rachel McDonald | Dec 14, 2025 | Training, Blogs
“I would love to be wrong, but I don’t live with the right people for that.” I laughed out loud when I first heard that line in a sit-com a few years ago (Claire Dunphy, Modern Family, Season 3)! It’s a phrase that I, and I am sure many have used in one form or...
by Rachel McDonald | Nov 19, 2025 | Blogs
Assume the Worst: The phrase alone sounds like a motivational poster for pessimists, but let’s be honest; we’re all participants in the grand sport of daily assumption-making. We estimate, we guess, we fill in the blanks between “frames” of life like we’re creating...