“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”- Mother Teresa The CDC study on suicide is staggering. Suicide rates have increased in nearly every state in this country over the past two decades, and half the states have seen an increase of more than 30%. This
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch I LOVE this quote. There is nothing to fix, and your lives might be working very well as they are. AND? What if there is more? What is beyond the boundaries of your current concepts of safety, predictability and comfort? A more
Last fall, as part of my coach-training program, I asked many loved ones in my life to tell me how I show up in the world. I collected all the feedback and worked with my coach to distill the essence of me, as represented by five powerful words. One of those words is magnetism. Webster’s
In a coaching relationship, client and coach partner to put the client at choice. What does it mean to be at choice? I have a little story to tell because I recently came to truly understand this concept. Something came up last week. And I had some thoughts and feelings about the issue. In my
What I am most present to right now is a new and evolving concept of what it means to stand for another human being. What do you think it means? Until recently, when I thought about standing for someone else, I thought of it like cheerleading. Putting aside that the thought of me cheerleading is
As part of my continuing development as a professional and life coach, I’ve been doing a lot of reading and absorbing as much as I can from the material. One thing I’m noticing is that I am actively looking for the perfect and miraculous in life. And the crazy thing is that I’m seeing more
The client’s agenda is at the heart of the coaching relationship. The big picture agenda relates to the client’s whole life and revolves around fulfillment, balance and process. A few words about the “process,” from the book about Co-Active Coaching that I’m reading… I love this passage as much for its poetry and imagery as
What is your current relationship to failure? At a young age, most of us learn to see failure as something bad, something to avoid at all costs, something to be ashamed of. These judgments compel us to hide our failures, make excuses for them or ignore them altogether. And- what’s worse- is that failure or
You have a job. It’s fine. It pays the bills (or maybe it doesn’t). There are days when you derive some satisfaction from the work and the environment. There are other days when your alarm goes off in the morning, and you wake up with a pit in your stomach, dreading the workday ahead. You
One of my dearest friends is a highly accomplished pianist. She and I share a deep love of music. We often send each other links to pieces that we expect will incite tears. We are not sadists- I promise. Anyway, she told me to go see The Greatest Showman, and I think I actually scoffed.