Notes from
the frame.
Weekly writing on coaching, attention, and what actually shapes a life. Read one. Read them all. Or leave your email and let them find you.
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The Second Question
They arrive with a question, but my work is to listen for the one they are not yet asking.
Choosing What to Keep
The real work is not in capturing the moment, but in deciding which moments to keep.
The Art of the Second Look
A life, like a photograph, is defined as much by what we choose to leave out of the frame as what we put in.
The Edge of the Frame
What we choose to leave out of the picture says more than what we keep in.
The Second Question
How do you feel about that? It sounds simple. It is the most revealing question I know.
The Conversation Beneath the Conversation
The conversation we begin with is rarely the one that matters most.
The Power of The Unfilled Hour
For the person whose diary is a fortress, the most courageous act is often an empty afternoon.
It Is Never The First Question
The conversation you think you need to have is rarely the one that changes everything.
The Second Question
We are masters of the first question, the one about logistics and outcomes, but the shape of a life is found in the answer to the second.
The Art of the Second Look
The first story we tell about ourselves is often the most polished and the least true. The real work begins with the second.
When the Queen Looked Back
Windsor, 2008. Ten days into a career, standing in a small press pen, learning that luck is mostly the sum of showing up.
Build the Vessel
Kabbalah teaches that abundance is not earned — it is received. But only if you have built a vessel strong enough to hold it.
The Camera Was Never the Point
Twenty years behind the lens taught me the same lesson every good coaching session teaches. It has nothing to do with the equipment.
A Lifetime of Watching People
From behind a camera, behind the decks, on a stage, across a table. Different rooms, same study. What twenty-plus years of watching taught me about what people actually need.
The Quiet Reasons People Come
Nobody arrives saying what is really wrong. A short guide to the many, often invisible, reasons the most capable people quietly seek a coach.