AW Member Q+A with Emily Ramos

AW Member Q+A with Emily Ramos

I’m so happy to share the third and final installment of this month’s Member Q+A series with Emily Ramos. Emily is the founder of The Catch Coaching and Consulting, where she partners with companies of all sizes to develop their managers, their leaders, and their...
AW Member Q+A with Val Vandervort

AW Member Q+A with Val Vandervort

I’m so excited to share our second Member Q+A with Val Vandervort. Val is a real estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area who brings thoughtfulness, balance, and a deep sense of awareness to both her work and her life.  In our conversation, she reflects on what...
AW Member Q+A with Nathaniel Lepp

AW Member Q+A with Nathaniel Lepp

I’m so excited to share this month’s Member Q+A with Dr. Nathaniel Lepp. We decided to shake things up here at AW and experiment with video interviews! I think you’ll notice how much more nuance and personality comes through on video. I felt especially grateful...
Habit Becomes Infrastructure

Habit Becomes Infrastructure

I recently read a piece by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, about the release of ChatGPT-5. What struck me was his reasoning for making the update widely available to all users, not just paid subscribers: “Use becomes habit. Habit becomes infrastructure.” That...
Making Friends with Your Inner Striver

Making Friends with Your Inner Striver

In three different conversations this week, the inner striver came up. I was fascinated by the use of this word and the feeling that was being conveyed. Essentially, your inner striver is telling you to push harder, go faster, get it all done.  Personally, I’m super...
A Month of Less (Part 3)

A Month of Less (Part 3)

Part 3: Doing Less of What You Don’t Want to Do What if you had permission to do less?  So many of us carry a long to-do list packed with obligations we didn’t consciously choose. Don’t think about doing less as a proclamation of laziness. It’s not. It’s about...