My Blog: Project CRASH
Project CRASH is where I share the real stories, research, and hard-won lessons behind executive burnout, and what it actually takes to lead without losing yourself in the process. No corporate speak. No platitudes. Just honest conversations about the patterns that quietly derail driven leaders, and the practices that help them build something more sustainable. New posts every two weeks.
What Is an Executive Coach and Why Would You Need One?
What Is an Executive Coach and Why Would You Need One? March 18, 2026 Tiger Woods won eight major championships...
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Why Leaders Need Coaches Like Athletes: The Deep Dive
Why Leaders Need Coaches Like Athletes: The Deep Dive March 18, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing a...
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Let It Out: What Crying Taught Me About Leadership (and Being Human)
Let It Out: What Crying Taught Me About Leadership (and Being Human) March 11, 2026 Spring 2014. I was standing...
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The Biological Case for Crying at Work: The Deep Dive
The Biological Case for Crying at Work: The Deep Dive March 11, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing...
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Bio-Feedback
Bio-Feedback March 4, 2026 There’s a place in the Poconos where Buddhist monks settled in 1971 with a radical idea:...
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Track HRV to Prevent Executive Burnout: The Deep Dive
Track HRV to Prevent Executive Burnout: The Deep Dive March 4, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing biofeedback...
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The Judgment Trap: Why Your Brain Keeps Betraying Your Best Intentions
The Judgment Trap: Why Your Brain Keeps Betraying Your Best Intentions February 25, 2026 Most executives I work with have...
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The Judgment Trap: The Deep Dive
The Judgment Trap: The Deep Dive February 25, 2026 This week Alex and Emily are discussing The Judgment Trap, one...
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The Focus Fallacy: The Deep Dive
The Focus Fallacy: The Deep Dive February 20, 2026 This week Alex and Emily tackle one of the most deceptive...
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The Focus Fallacy: A Confession
The Focus Fallacy: A Confession February 18, 2026 I need to tell you something embarrassing. My entire management model was...
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Why Every Burned-Out Executive Thinks They’re the Only One Struggling
Why Every Burned-Out Executive Thinks They’re the Only One Struggling February 11, 2026 Picture this: You’re at a leadership dinner...
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Pretending to Be Superman While Drowning: The Deep Dive
Pretending to Be Superman While Drowning: The Deep Dive February 10, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily explore why burned-out...
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Why the C-Suite Can’t Silence Your Inner Critic
Why the C-Suite Can’t Silence Your Inner Critic February 4, 2026 I used to think the C-Suite would finally shut...
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The C-Suite Won’t Silence Your Inner Critic: The Deep Dive
The C-Suite Won’t Silence Your Inner Critic: The Deep Dive February 4, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily dig into...
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The Power of Naming Things
The Power of Naming Things January 28, 2026 Something unexpected happened when I started writing my book. I didn’t just...
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The Power of Naming Things: The Deep Dive
The Power of Naming Things: The Deep Dive January 28, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily explore why naming something...
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The Confidence Pendulum
The Confidence Pendulum January 21, 2026 Why High Achievers Swing Between “I’ve Got This” and “I’m a Fraud One moment...
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Confidence Pendulum: The Deep Dive
Confidence Pendulum: The Deep Dive January 21, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily dig into one of the most disorienting...
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The Lie That Almost Destroyed Me: Why the C-Suite Won’t Make You
The Lie That Almost Destroyed Me: Why the C-Suite Won’t Make You January 14, 2026 I spent two decades chasing...
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Why the C-suite won’t make us happy
Why the C-suite won’t make us happy January 14, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily dig into the first of...
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Why the C-Suite Won’t Make Us Happy: The Deep Dive
Why the C-Suite Won’t Make Us Happy: The Deep Dive January 14, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily dig into...
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My Experience Writing My First Book
My Experience Writing My First Book January 7, 2026 The Graveyard of Unwritten Ideas Many times throughout my life I...
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False Summits: The Deep Dive
False Summits: The Deep Dive January 7, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily explore what it really takes to go...
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The Isolation Trap: The Deep Dive
The Isolation Trap: The Deep Dive December 31, 2025 This week Alex and Emily are discussing one of the most...
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The Isolation Trap
The Isolation Trap December 31, 2025 There’s a moment I remember too clearly. I was sitting in my office after...
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The Ratchet Effect
The Ratchet Effect December 24, 2025 Why Your Stress Baseline Only Moves One Direction I used to think stress was...
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Ratchet Effect: The Deep Dive
Ratchet Effect: The Deep Dive December 24, 2025 This week, Alex and Emily dig into one of the most misunderstood...
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The Oscar-Worthy Performance That’s Killing You
The Oscar-Worthy Performance That’s Killing You December 18, 2025 Hey there, I used to be magnificent at Success Theater. Board...
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Why I built a model (and why you might need one too)
Why I built a model (and why you might need one too) December 9, 2025 Here’s the thing about corporate...
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Why I’m writing this
Why I’m writing this December 9, 2025 On May 2nd, 2023, I hit the wall. Standing in Fort Lauderdale Airport,...
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