Jessica J.J. Lutz - Coaching Counselling Consulting

Every International Women’s Day we debate gender gaps.

Pay gap. Leadership gap. Pension gap. Confidence gap. Now the AI gap.

The gaps keep multiplying.

So, what if we’re addressing the wrong question?

Read my thinking on it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicajjlutz/p/international-womens-day-keeps-addressing?r=295r4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

As fireworks light up the sky and terrify my dog, the end of the year is there and the next one begins.

I've always liked making new year's resolutions, but this year I've been wondering: what if the new year doesn’t reset the system, but reveals it instead?

Rather than a list of goals, what you bring with you into January are the internal patterns that shaped your decisions all along.

If anything is worth paying attention to this week, it’s not what you plan to do next, but how you tend to decide.

That’s where traction actually forms.

Wishing you a thoughtful start to 2026!

My 6-year-old granddaughter asked me what story I was telling in my new book.
I told her it’s for people who get stuck in their heads or keep themselves so busy that they lose sight of what really matters to them. That can make them feel bad inside.
The book helps them tell themselves a new story, one that opens the door to change, and to feeling good again.
"Ah," she said, and started writing. "This is what you should call it: Stop being busy. Start being happy."
Clever girl!

The slow summer season is coming to an end (in my part of the world). Are you keen to start speeding up again? How do you know you're not running too fast and heading for burnout?

Spoiler alert: you don't. Here's what happened to me. Use it to your advantage!

When you "have it all" and still feel empty If, many years ago, I would have had access to this excellent piece by therapist Marlynn Wei, MD, JD, my life might have taken a different turn. But, as she points out, like most people who burn out, I had no idea what was about to hit me.