![]() ![]() For some people, it's easier to work with a coach, than a therapist. But for many people, getting some kind of coach is the first step towards therapy. To be clear: I’m the Creativity Yenta, not a therapist. As a coach, I've witnessed these people choose, no leap at, further despair, so horrified were they by the enormity of even acknowledging that they could use some help…I read the above excerpt and thought, “That sounds familiar." I cannot recommend it highly enough.įor me personally, as a coach, who has first-hand witnessed quite a few people coming to me for help, people at the cross-roads in their lives the cross-roads of therapy and professional achievement, or doubling down on their fears, and protracting their misery. And Rick Perlstein’s masterfully, compellingly written book, Nixonland, is a treasure. A larger-than-life figure, containing endless lessons for those of us willing and able to learn from his psychologically fraught down-and-dirty choices. My fascination with Nixon, our lurking Shakespearean-villain-in-chief, continues unabated. “Anything,” he said, “except see a shrink.”- Nixonland, Rick Perlstein ‘Nixon told Leonard Garment he would do anything, make any sacrifice, to get where he wanted to go. ![]()
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