Entries by Virginia Kravitz

Design Your Time

Determined to Reach Her Goal Sandra is a 23-year-old woman who lives in El Salvador. By working as a waitress and through a scholarship she has received from a non-profit organization called Unbound, it has become possible for Sandra to attend college and pursue a degree in literature.(1)

The Magic Sweatshirt

Can’t Help but Smile In July of this year my husband, Jess, and I took a road trip to California. We drove from Scottsdale to Los Angeles, made several stops up the Pacific Coast Highway, and got as far north as Monterey. One Sunday we stopped in Carmel for breakfast before making that winding drive along […]

Get Ready for Something Good (Part 1 of 2)

Today’s article had been sitting in draft form, for a few months. When I completed the final version, it was the week of the Las Vegas shooting. In light of that tragedy as well as the recent string of hurricanes and fires, I hesitated before broadcasting the subject line: “Get Ready for Something Good.” However, […]

Keep It Current

Mid-Year Retreat Last month I attended an event at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT with fourteen other master trainers of OASIS in the Overwhelm. A full day of discussing how brain science validates the beneficial effects of even short periods of downtime was an invitation to create this space for me. I did this in the […]

Keep the Heat On

The Water is in the Pot A few months into George’s executive coaching, we had a joint meeting with his boss for a midpoint check-in. Len had provided input at the beginning of the program, to help George select leadership development goals. They both agreed that focusing on a few critical areas would improve the […]

What Do You Get To Do Today?

Have To or Get To? Somewhere between jumping into the shower, grabbing a cup of coffee, and running out the door, it happens. Your mind scans the next 24 hours: What do I have to do today? While it’s perfectly fine to plan the day with this question, I offer you an alternative to use. It’s one […]