The blog

Writing on founders, pressure, and what holds.

Carla Royal is a private coach for founders and CEOs. She writes about the person carrying the company, and the questions strategy cannot answer.

What are your dreams? How often do you imagine what you most want? What do you want beneath that want? Have you ever considered...

What do you do when you’ve lost your bearings? When life isn’t going along as you planned? When stress seems to overtake you?...

We were walking by our favorite pond that features many wonderful birds when we noticed one of the two purple gallinules (one of...

Nature inspires me. I can see how Life is living all of it, including you and me. I don’t always trust Life. I can worry. I can...

We never know what’s going on for another person. We don’t know what they may be going through, where their life path has taken...

Are you feeling uninspired today? Does it seem that you are out of the flow? Are you feeling a bit down? I can relate. I’ve been...

Rain dances on palm trees and puppies press against me. Wind blows storm clouds across ocean and land. A welcome reprieve from...

It happens to all of us at one time or another. There is a misunderstanding. Feelings are hurt. Someone is offended....

I awoke in an irritable mood this morning. My little toe hurt. A mosquito bit me between two other toes and it burned all night....

A couple of big names were in the news this past week. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain committed suicide days apart. People are...

I had a conversation with friends this weekend that had us all very thoughtful. We were talking about the people in our lives...

I sent out a survey a couple of weeks ago asking folks about their main life stressors. Some folks are concerned about the state...

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