‘Tis the Season
I began with a new client today and she gave me a gift. She started her session by reading a poem to me – one that summed up why she was coming to coaching. It perfectly described the delicious energy of change my clients often bring to my doorstep – …
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Making It Real
I had yet another experience of making something public and feeling that power surge within myself because I’d authorized my courage to collide with my vulnerability. I was reminded of witnessing and its importance – of having someone hear or see you in such a way that it can’t be …
Read MoreFalling Into The River
…and now for something completely different.
What follows is a short story I wrote as part of the preparation I am doing for my women’s writing experience I’ll be offering this March. I’m taking the questions for a spin, if you will – to see if they hold water and…
Read MorePicking Rocks as Therapy
I’m a believer in therapy. But recently I doubted its efficacy. It felt forced, invasive and energy-sapping. I almost gave up, but as I said, I’m a believer. Practically speaking, as a coach it’s essential that I continue to do my own work if I am to engage whole-heartedly with …
Read MoreEnough.
Last month I got a series of frantic calls from Verizon. “You’re about to go over on your minutes! We need to act NOW so you won’t go over…We can easily just upgrade your plan to take care of that…” Or, I thought, I could just talk less. Honestly, with …
Read MoreTaking It For A Long Walk
I had a scare this summer that rocked my world. It was the perfect storm of fear, imagination and anticipation. I was shocked when it had a happy ending, and used that fresh intake of oxygen to learn about myself and my apparently limited capacity to live in the present …
Read MoreDancing with Change
What if you approached change as you would a potential lover? You know, flirted with it a bit? How might that be a different experience for you? I’ve been thinking about various approaches to change because, well, that’s what I do. But this “flirting with change” perspective hadn’t occurred to …
Read MoreJust Move The Tree!
I am convinced we all have one thing in our lives – a simple thing, not a huge task – that if addressed, would free up boundless energy and get things moving again. Kind of like a log jam in a river. Sure, you could look at ALL THOSE LOGS …
Read MoreTricks for Rabbits
Here’s a confession: I can gobble up a chunk of time with meaningless shit faster than a Carolina crocodile can snarf down a toy poodle on a golf course. I’m not proud of it, but there it is. I suspect it’s because of my on-going love affair with busy. Okay, …
Read MoreHolding Court
Do you ever get overwhelmed? Yeah, me too. I’m not talking about being buried underneath piles of things to do or a list of intentions to hold as much as I’m talking about the THOUGHTS and FEELINGS we have about all those things. To me, that is where the rubber …
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