Virtual Coaching: Designing Effective Experiences for Those you Serve
In 2009, after 13 years of college and workforce coaching overseas, my world shifted. Political and visa law changes required that we relocate from Russia back to the ...
Author: Susan Simpson
Susan spent the early part of her career as an industrial engineer, designing effective ways to integrate processes. After working in large corporate and start-up contexts, she refined her focus from processes to people and left to teach in the former Soviet Union. The initial one-year project extended for 13 years. She apprenticed and collaborated with a professor of psychology from St. Petersburg State University, and together, they specialized in the interpersonal development of future psychologists, counselors and similar professionals. In 2009, she returned to the U.S. and began working as an executive coach for Trove, Inc. She currently serves as Director of Coach Training at PAIRIN.
FEELINGS: Your Multi-Colored Traffic Signals
In a world where people’s intense emotions are chaotically racing, clashing and gridlocking, how would it feel to experience free-flowing expressways in your ... 
Mud Puddle Mentors
St. Petersburg, Russia 1998Springtime had finally come to St. Petersburg. Walking along a canal, I realized that the “ice-arteries” were thawing in the city’s ... 
The PAIRIN Survey & The Ten Principles
This is Part 2 in our three-part blog series illustrating PAIRIN’s alignment with the Ten Principles for Building a High-Quality System of Assessments. Check out Part 1 ... 
Stress Tolerance & Resiliency: Tough As Titanium
Does your life have zero stress? Didn’t think so. The world is loaded with pressure, pain, trouble and strain. We all feel it—at different rates, for different ... 
PAIRIN Team Volunteers at 3rd Annual Fall Feast Denver
Denver welcomed Fall Feast to the National Stock Show Complex on November 10. Fall Feast started in Cincinnati in 2005 to “change community for the better through ... 
Self-Restraint: How to Master The Lock and Key Skill
It won’t matter how many times you say you’re sorry, failure of Self-Restraint can produce lasting consequences. Years ago, my dad sent me an unforgettable story ... Self-Blame: How to Break up With Your Inner Critic
How would you feel if someone were to start verbally bashing your dearest friend: “It’s your fault, you idiot!” “You’re no good and you never will be.” ... Self-Confidence: How to Strengthen The “I’m Possible” Skill
You feel afraid; full of doubt. You question. “Yes, no, maybe?” “What if I don’t make my sales numbers?” “What if they think I’m a total bore?” ... Self-Alignment: Becoming Your Dream “Home”
Forget about practicality and real life for a moment and imagine your dream home. What would it be like? Every well-built home is imagined, then thoughtfully planned ... 
Blast from the Past and “Lady Cat’s”
Let it be known, my husband was right! I’m so glad he insisted we make the trip “over the rainbow” back to Kansas for the celebration of K-State’s 50 seasons of ... 