My dog passed away recently. For my partner and me, it was devastating. We’d poured so much love and attention on Friday for more than 15 years. Even though it was clear for months his end was nearing, we felt a tremendous loss when he finally left us. It was like there was a holeContinue reading “Gimme Shelter”
Author Archives: Daphne Eviatar, coaching & consulting
She persisted.
“I suppose the test of one’s decency is how much of a fight one can put up after one has stopped caring, and after one has found out that one can never please the people they wanted to please. I suppose it’s playing the game after that, that counts.” — Willa Cather, letter to herContinue reading “She persisted.”
Acts of Faith
“We have to take life — society and human relations — more or less as we find them. The only thing we can really make is our work. And deliberate work of the mind, imagination and hand, done, as Nietzsche said, ‘notwithstanding’, in the long run remakes the world.” — Edmund Wilson, writing to LouiseContinue reading “Acts of Faith”
Coaching in the Age of Coronavirus
There are so many tips online these days for how to survive the pandemic or what to do during lockdown that I’ve been hesitant to add any, but since so many of us are stuck at home with time on our hands and a jumble in our heads, I thought I’d highlight a few thingsContinue reading “Coaching in the Age of Coronavirus”
Beyond Coronavirus
It goes without saying that these are difficult times, and a lot of people are suffering. It’s important to keep that in mind, and for each of us to do our best to help in whatever ways we can. It’s also important to keep in mind that this interruption in business-as-usual offers possibilities for imaginingContinue reading “Beyond Coronavirus”
The Optimism of Uncertainty
Every January for the past several years I’ve joined activists in front of the White House to protest the indefinite detention of 40 Muslim men at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. This year, January 11 marked the 18th anniversary of the prison’s opening. I took the train to Washington in January with a mixture ofContinue reading “The Optimism of Uncertainty”
Self-Compassion It
I was in a meeting at the Pentagon recently, seated at a table surrounded by uniformed military officers and dark-suited government officials. The meeting was tense, with the officials all insisting the Defense Department was doing the right thing and I and my colleagues from other human rights organizations pointing to our evidence that inContinue reading “Self-Compassion It”
Some Helpful (& free) Resources
I haven’t had a chance to write much lately, but I do want to share some great online resources I’ve found useful in recent months. When the madness of the world, the onslaught of bad news, or just the cold and dark of winter get you down, consider these two “positive psychology” podcasts as anContinue reading “Some Helpful (& free) Resources”
Checking In
I direct a program for a human rights organization, and while there are plenty of good and worthwhile things about the work, there’s also a lot of bureaucracy. I don’t just have to do my job, but I have to report what I’m doing and what I’ve got to show for it. There are theContinue reading “Checking In”
Do It Anyway
I finally quit my job. I’d been thinking about it for years, and I always thought that when I finally did it, I’d be relishing the act: telling my boss and coworkers with a big toothy smile, posting it on Facebook with lots of happy exclamation points. Instead, when it came time to actually makeContinue reading “Do It Anyway”
Daphne Eviatar, Coaching & Consulting 