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Louise Carnachan

Mar 8, 20223 min read

International Women's Day

In the United States, Women’s Day has been observed for over a century. The suffragettes of 1908 marched in New York City for the right...

Louise Carnachan

Mar 1, 20223 min read

Is Bragging Always Egotistical?

The tide was going out, but one feisty wave unexpectedly came running up much farther onto the sand. This necessitated a scramble to...

Louise Carnachan

Feb 1, 20223 min read

Emotional Literacy

I responded to a reporter whose query contained an unattributed quote for me to react to. The person quoted had gone off the deep end...

Louise Carnachan

Jan 18, 20224 min read

The Slash and Burn Narcissist

Your run-of-the-mill narcissist may be self-absorbed but not necessarily destructive. This more benign version could throw a Richter...

Louise Carnachan

Sep 28, 20213 min read

Are You on a Team? Make Everyone Look Good

Off Limits (my former improv troupe) held a reunion in August. Three of us in person, three on Zoom. Our last photo was from 2014. Seven...

Louise Carnachan

Sep 14, 20213 min read

Self-soothing

Early in my career, a colleague who’d had enough of my whining asked if I’d ever considered suffering in silence. The answer was, “No.”...

Louise Carnachan

Aug 17, 20212 min read

Communicating Change- Rapidly!

For my birthday, my dear friend from Seattle joined me on a jet boat excursion up the Willamette River. It was so darn much fun! The...

Louise Carnachan

Aug 3, 20212 min read

It's About Time

I sent email to an institution that shall remain unnamed. I offered something of value and asked with which department I should...