by Debra Woog | May 30, 2023 | Blog, Change, Empowerment, Priorities, Productivity, Reflections
Prefer audio? – LISTEN HERE I’ve been playing a lot of iPhone solitaire lately, to zone out. It gives my brain just enough to do that my thoughts can safely wander without distracting me into productive action. One vexing hand that I had a couple of weeks... 
by Debra Woog | Oct 31, 2021 | Assessment, Career Path, Change, Clarity, Definition of Success, Growth, Letting Go, Priorities, Productivity
Five years ago, I became conscious of a deep-seated expectation I’d been holding for myself, to be a high-earning, healthy, present mom. At various points in my career I had separately met each of these self-imposed criteria. Why, I wondered in 2016, was I not living... 
by Debra Woog | Mar 31, 2021 | Change, Crisis Navigation, Empowerment, Growth, Reflections, Spiritual Beliefs
My long-time friend and former client Devra recently forwarded me a special email she wrote to a 12-year-old preparing to celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah. This young woman has spent her life with a medically fragile sibling and the occasional crises that brings.... 
by Debra Woog | May 23, 2016 | Change, Growth, Hypercompetence, Letting Go, Reflections
I haven’t written a blog post in so long that I’m afraid I’ve forgotten how. How did I think up topics? How did I have the courage to express myself publicly? How did I wrap everything in pithy little lessons?Over the past six months I’ve focused on overhauling my... 
by Debra Woog | Nov 19, 2015 | Change, Empowerment, Growth, Hypercompetence, Priorities, Productivity
As I’ve been speaking, writing and teaching more about the Curse of HyperCompetence (click here if you’re wondering whether you have this affliction), I’ve expanded my hunt for its Cure. While I have yet to find a miracle antidote, I have been collecting a long... by Debra Woog | Aug 3, 2015 | Adaptation, Change, Communication, Dialogue, Empowerment, Growth, Hypercompetence, Letting Go, Narcicissm, Shadow Beliefs
As I’ve continued to delve this summer into the crucial topic of The High Cost of HyperCompetence & Its Cure, I’ve noticed a startling pattern. So many of us who struggle with the costs of HyperCompetence seem to have a narcissist (usually one not-diagnosed-by-a...
