by Pam Hernandez | Oct 30, 2025 | Career, Conflict, Corporate Culture, Leaders, Leadership, Productivity, Well-being
Busyness Isn’t a Badge of Honor When was the last time you answered, “How are you?” with “Busy!” and felt oddly proud of it? In modern leadership culture, busyness has become a proxy for worth. Packed calendars, late nights, rapid responses, and endless action are...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 8, 2025 | Career, Leaders, Leadership, Perfectionism, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Well-being
You are not Your Title Who are you without your title? For many leaders, the answer is unsettling. When your identity is tightly wrapped around your role—your profession, title, or the recognition it brings—leadership decisions start to come from a place of protection...
by Pam Hernandez | Jul 18, 2025 | Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Listening, Perfectionism, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Well-being
We all have voices in our heads that speak to us. I’m not talking about the type of voices that signal a mental illness. I’m talking about the little nagging ones that tell us we didn’t try hard enough, we’re not as good as our colleague, we’re a lousy parent, we...
by Pam Hernandez | Sep 7, 2023 | Change, Clarity, learning, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, self confidence, Well-being
Since the pandemic eased, I have done more travelling, and I’ve come to divide my travel into three categories: vacations, trips, and adventures. Each has its own purpose. I have a second home in the mountains of Colorado and going there is pure vacation. I sit by the...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 23, 2022 | Compassion, Daughters, Fathers, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Well-being
Growing up, I received the message quite early and quite often that feeling sorry for myself was not appropriate. I got this message at home and school, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone. When I was in middle school and complaining about something (probably about thinking I...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 5, 2022 | Change, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Strengths, Well-being
I sometimes feel I’ve gone through my life like a chocolate dipped ice cream cone. I have a deceptively solid exterior – nice looking, pleasing and totally hiding what’s underneath. I’m taking a class where we’re asked to identify one big change we’d like to make in...
