A place
to think out loud.

Yes. You don't have to choose between ambition and care.

You can care about people and the planet and still want to build, lead, earn, create, or do work you're proud of.

Coaching can help you think about what ambition means to you now, what you're willing to pursue, and what you don't want to sacrifice along the way.

Leaders are often expected to have already thought things through.

The board wants answers. The team needs direction. Decisions affect other people's work and lives. There may be plenty of people around you, but not many places where you can put half-formed thinking.

Coaching gives you that space.

I have no stake in your organization's politics and no preferred outcome. You can change your mind, contradict yourself, or say the thing you haven't been able to say in the meeting.

That's often where interesting thinking starts.

Some ideas are persistent for a reason. Others are simply shiny.

We can explore what keeps drawing you back, what you imagine might happen if you pursued it, and what is making you hesitate.

The next step might be to make it, test it, develop it, or let it go. You don't need to know which before we start. We can find out.

Yes. You don't need to arrive knowing what you want instead.

We can look at what isn't working anymore, what has changed, what you want more of, and what possibilities you keep coming back to.

The goal isn't for me to tell you whether to stay, leave, or change direction. It's to help you hear your own thinking clearly enough to make a decision you can trust.

Big decisions rarely stay in one compartment.

A job in another city affects the people and life around you. Selling a business can change how you see yourself. A new direction at work can change where you live, how you spend your time, and what you imagine for the future.

Advice often deals with one piece of the puzzle. Coaching gives you somewhere to put the whole thing on the table.

I listen for what you keep returning to, what you skip over, and sometimes what you already seem to know. The decision may be more than half-made. The work is hearing it clearly enough to trust it.

You don't need to know the exact destination before you begin.

I've made some significant changes myself, from journalism to the World Bank and back again, and I've started things of my own. Leaving something you've built takes more nerve than people sometimes admit.

Coaching can give you somewhere to think through the uncertain middle: what you're moving away from, what you're moving toward, what you might test, and what the next real step could be.

You don't need a five-year plan. You need somewhere to think about what comes next.

Yes.

You might have too many ideas, one project that isn't moving, or a more fundamental question about whether you still want to make the kind of work that made you successful in the first place.

I've spent much of my career around writers, editors, and producers, and I've learned that creative work rarely moves in a straight line.

Sometimes the question isn't how to become more disciplined. It's what the work is asking of you next.

Friends care about you. Mentors bring experience. Therapists work with you in a different way, often exploring patterns and experiences that have shaped you. Chatbots can help you find information, generate ideas, or give you answers.

Coaching gives you somewhere to think.

I'm not there to tell you what I would do, fix you, or steer you toward a particular outcome. I'm there to listen closely, ask the questions that help you hear yourself more clearly, and stay with the question long enough for something to emerge.

Sometimes what you need isn't another answer. It's space to find your own.

We start with whatever is on your mind.

You might arrive with a decision, a problem, an idea, or something you can't quite put into words yet. We make space for it, then follow the thinking rather than forcing it into a predetermined framework.

I listen for what you say, what you come back to, and sometimes what you seem to be circling around. I ask questions that help you see connections, assumptions, possibilities, and what might matter most.

You don't need to arrive with a perfectly formed goal. You just need something worth thinking about.

You don't have to know before you start. That's partly what One Question is for.

Bring the thing you've been turning over, whether it's a decision, an idea, a difficult situation, or simply a sense that something needs to change. We'll spend 30 minutes thinking it through together.

One Question is $100, with no commitment to continue. If you decide within a week that you'd like to continue with Working Notes, the $100 goes toward your six-session package.

It can be a useful way to experience what coaching with me is actually like, rather than trying to decide from a website.

Coaching is a collaborative process focused on reflection, perspective, and forward movement. It is not therapy, medical or mental health treatment, or professional legal or financial advice. If you need support in any of those areas, please seek out an appropriately qualified professional.

Our coaching conversations are confidential. I follow the ICF Code of Ethics and maintain the privacy of what you share, subject to the usual legal and safety exceptions.

You should be able to say the thing you haven't quite been able to say anywhere else.

I've spent more than two decades asking questions and listening closely to the answers. As a journalist, I asked questions to draw out other people's stories. As a coach, I ask them so you can hear your own.

Along the way, I've worked in media across Asia and the United States, spent seven years at the World Bank working with teams inside governments and public institutions to guide and evaluate development projects, and started both a nonprofit and a clean beauty business, trying to build things that took environmental and social impact seriously alongside the business itself.

I've also spent much of my career around writers, editors, and producers, and I've learned that creative work rarely moves in a straight line. Sometimes the interesting question isn't how to get unstuck, but what the work is asking of you next.

I'm based in Washington, DC, and I work with clients wherever they are, by video.

I've spent much of my life between Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United States, so working across time zones feels natural to me. We find a time that works for both of us, wherever you happen to be.