A few newsletters back, I mentioned that I had obtained my PCC (Professional Certified Coach) through the International Coaching Federation (aka the Grand Poobahs). A few weeks after taking and passing the exam, a colleague whom I met through my previous coaching certification process asked how it felt to be PCC Certified. I realized that I hadn’t actually taken a moment to recognize the magnitude of this step. I had studied, and prepped, and spoken with multiple colleague

Picture this: Copenhagen, Denmark. Summer of 2024. I was about to wrap up one of the most incredible adventures of my life—living abroad in the Nordics, getting set to return to sweet home Chicago. For anyone who has ever uprooted their life and moved to a new country, you’ll understand when I say: there are no words. It’s the loneliest and yet most connected experience you can have. To traverse a country and its ways—without really knowing them, on your own. In a nation of 6

Unlike the first article I wrote for this series (Awake My Soul), which required me to slow the already slow paced song down and dissect it word by word, Pink Pony Club has basically been playing on repeat in my head since the moment I first heard it. At its heart, this song is about finding the place where you belong – or, as my family calls it, finding your people. I grew up with a perfectly loving and lovely family in a perfectly lovely town, yet I rarely felt like I fit