Feb 6, 2021My name is Catalina and I am a workaholic. And no, I don’t mean it as a quality.Last Friday afternoon I decided it was time to turn my work phone off. An awfully tough week, with many phone-in-one-hand-email-in-the-other type days got me exhausted both mentally and physically. My shoulders and upper arms felt stiff, I had a painful cramp in my neck and my jaw was clenched…Addiction8 min read
Jan 31, 2021Burnout may look like someone else’s problem. Check again!I wake up every Saturday morning and sit down at the computer ready and excited to share something that lit my week. An insight, an idea, a book, a movie, a person. It’s Saturday morning, I am at my computer but, looking back, there is nothing but … the chase…Burnout4 min read
Jan 5, 2021Every woman must read this book!Every woman must read this book! It held up a mirror for me in which I saw my entire life. In all its beauty and desperation. Many of the events that have shaped my life and my thinking are born of mystery and serendipity. In November 2020, my fourteen year old son asked what my favourite author was. Reading is a big deal for me so, he figured out, I would guess later, that a book…14 min read
Dec 11, 2020You can’t take care of yourself? You can’t lead!You can’t take care of yourself? You can’t lead! I have been part of the workforce for twenty five years now and for the past six I have lead a small but important team in the institution I am a part of. I want to be a leader that makes…Leadership4 min read
Aug 22, 2020Kids back in school will be both exciting and heartbreaking. At the exact same time.Kids back in school will be both exciting and heartbreaking. At the exact same time. I was simply talking to a colleague about opening school, laying out ways in which it is best to welcome our beloved students back on campus in a time of an unwavering pandemic. And I…School3 min read
Aug 1, 2020Team building with the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra48 hours before the end of 2018 I enjoyed the traditional annual concert of the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra. Aside from the enchantment of world renowned waltzes, the evening presented some important lessons in team building that I was quite surprised to find in this event. As I was enjoying the…Team3 min read
Jul 30, 20205 Lessons that the Super Bowl Half Time Performance Taught Me About Leading and TeamworkEveryone was talking about the amazing performance of Shakira and JLo at half time during the recent Super Bowl game. While I don’t understand the game for the life of me, I am always ready to be blown away by music and dance. So, I watched it. It was indeed…Teamwork3 min read
Jul 27, 2020White Privilege — from the inside outWhite Privilege — from the inside out My name is Catalina and I am a product of white privilege. It would be very easy to say that I had no idea I was except that it makes no difference — guilty as charged. Given my background and the fact that…White Privilege6 min read
