Leave It at the Door?: A Self-Coaching Conversation for Showing Up in Career, Business, and Beyond - Paperback

by Terri L. Cummings (Author)

Many of us have heard the phrase "leave it at the door" or even used it ourselves. It is often offered with good intentions, yet it can subtly encourage us to disconnect from how we work and move through our careers. Over time, that separation takes a toll on our confidence, our relationships, our engagement, and our sense of purpose.

Leave It at the Door? challenges the idea that we can or should leave our humanness at the door. Rather than asking you to perform, conform, or compartmentalize, this book encourages intentional awareness of how mindset, habits, and internal conversations shape your experience at work and beyond.

In her debut book, Terri Cummings draws on years of experience in human resources, workforce development, and education to help readers reconnect with themselves in meaningful ways. Grounded in her "Listen to yourself and learn from yourself." coaching philosophy, she blends real-life stories, reflective prompts, and actionable frameworks that make self-awareness less intimidating and far more worthwhile. With sincerity and a touch of humor, Terri shows how small moments of insight can lead to clearer decisions, healthier boundaries, and a deeper sense of fulfillment and significance in our careers and workplaces.

This book is for professionals at every stage. Whether you are navigating your career path, managing competing expectations, or striving to show up with greater confidence and clarity, Leave It at the Door? offers tools to help you lead from within, pause, reflect, and choose your next step.

Ultimately, this book is not a how-to, but a catalyst for learning to trust what you already know, showing up with intention, and bringing more of who you are into the spaces where you spend most of your time-without leaving yourself at the door.