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The Whipp

Wisdom, humour and insights for professional peeps — delivered weekly. Archive below.

October 28, 2026

They’re doing the work. But do they want to?

A surprising lesson about desire, pressure, and the way we lead.

October 14, 2026

The training we all need but never got

I spent months avoiding one simple task. Here’s what it taught me.

September 30, 2026

The Pause: Do you wonder if you’ve lost your edge?

For a while, I worried I was past my peak.

July 15, 2026

What's that? Your intuition is calling...

What if your next great decision isn't waiting for more data?

June 23, 2026

Ten Weeks to Create Space for What Wants to Emerge

I wonder if I’m not alone in this. Maybe you have felt it too. Not dissatisfaction exactly, but a quiet sense that something in your life or work is ready for a

June 9, 2026

IFS: Who’s in charge here anyway??

Today I spent the day learning from Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), one of the fastest-growing therapeutic approaches in the world.

May 26, 2026

The Trap of Trying to Fix a Feeling

I was at a week-long intensive in Costa Rica last week and wow… the learnings. Although our days were filled with sound baths, holotropic breathwork, acupunctur

May 13, 2026

Contacts vs. Context (Why Nobody’s Calling You Back)

I read a passage from Keith Ferrazzi a few weeks ago that has stayed with me. Ferrazzi has spent two decades coaching and writing about relationship-building. T

April 29, 2026

The Higher You Climb, The Farther You Can Fall

I heard this from a client recently, and it captured something I remember feeling myself at a certain point in my career: “I thought once I got to this level, I

April 29, 2026

Things fall apart again

This week I was working with a young professional I’ve been coaching for about a year. He’s bright, hardworking, and deeply thoughtful about the impact he has on

April 17, 2026

When Nothing Is Wrong and Leaving Is Right

Many years ago, I was in a really good relationship. He was kind, thoughtful, emotionally, and professional stable. He was the kind of partner many people would

April 1, 2026

The Power of ‘Anticipatory Intelligence’

I was on a call recently with a client who was feeling frustrated after a series of hiring decisions that hadn’t worked out. He was trying to figure out how to