Patty Chang Anker's Blog

advice and resources for breaking through fear and resistance in your career and life

Dear Brave Ones – Oh how I’ve missed you! A spring of work, caregiving, and walking pneumonia kept me from writing and I’m just now finding my way back. I left The Nantucket Project at the end of our short-term agreement and will start freelancing again in the fall. In the meantime, I intend to […]

I love speaking at the Conferences for Women (in Boston, Philadelphia, Austin and San Jose). When you get 6K+ women together the energy is out of sight, and you know after a day of brainstorming and networking they’re all going home fired up, and the world will never be the same. At Watermark Conference for […]

Starting January 4 I will be joining The Nantucket Project (TNP) as Communications Director. TNP brings the world's leading thinkers and creators together to explore the question "What really matters in a noisy and messy world?" Past presenters incl Tony Blair, Steve Case, Peter Thiel, Julie Taymor, Deepak Chopra, Seth Godin, Kelly Corrigan, and

Mrs. E was my 8th grade social studies teacher. I feared and admired her. She was petite, Asian American, strict, and terrifying – I told G and R how I once cried in front of her when I got a B (i.e., an Asian F).  Since Some Nerve came out, we’ve reconnected, even getting our […]

Know anyone dealing with anxiety? (Er, anyone??) Some Nerve books, T-shirts, and 1-1 coaching certificates are available – contact me (patty@pattychanganker.com) for details.     Better Homes & Gardens says Some Nerve is “a lesson plan in courage 101.” Let’s give your loved ones a bigger, braver life! Some Nerve is available at Galapagos Bookstore, Turn of the […]

10 yo R completed the Zoot Westchester Kids Triathlon 2016 in Rye, NY this fall – I took some time to write the race report because, well, you’ll see. There was much to report! Enjoy. For as long as I can remember, R has been running away from me. Slap slap slap, the sound of […]

"We have a lot to be thankful for," my husband said last night. I was lying in bed at 9:30 pm, the night before Thanksgiving, depleted and sad. "I know,' I said. "But it doesn't feel like enough, that WE'RE ok...for now." It's like having a Pre-Trauma-Stress-Disorder. The violence and stripping away of rights are coming, we can feel it in our bones.

UGH! What dark and despairing thoughts to have at Thanksgiving! Then I remember,

Growing up I felt that immigrants, in my family and in our neighborhood in the Bronx, were the most patriotic and active American citizens because they were so grateful to be here. My parents, who fled

Tell me if you do this: * You begin a project with great gusto. But before long, you’re getting a snack, sweeping the porch, checking Facebook, dreaming of other projects, because you need a break. * You go to yoga class, or treat yourself to a massage. Excited for the time off, you lie down and […]