Boundaries, Love, And Why I Blocked My Ex On Facebook Part 2
So why didn’t I trust her? Sure there were moments where I thought she wasn’t fair to me. Sure, I worry about how she’ll paint our relationship when she talks about it, but generally, I experienced her as a kind and loving person. She cherished me and let me go. I wanted to […]
You Don’t Need A More Productive Way To Produce Suffering
Dear Future Client, You became a coach because you thought in some way it was the answer. Maybe at this point, you don’t even remember what the question was anymore. For me, the question was about finding purpose in life, doing work that mattered, having a sense of freedom, and making enough money so my […]
Boundaries, Love, And Why I Blocked My Ex On Facebook
Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously. – Prentis Hemphi Last week I decided to block my ex on Facebook. She didn’t do anything wrong, she didn’t start dating someone else (or if she did I don’t know about it), and I’m not mad at her. I blocked […]
Things I Don’t Understand About My Coaching
There’s something compelling about reflecting on your work and what you’re creating with your life. You probably know the answers you always give at cocktail parties or events by heart, but if you dig deeper into the nature of your work, you may find things about it you don’t understand. In being with those questions, […]
YOU DIDN’T NOTICE
You may think your life was handled until the past week. You may now be discovering that there are places in your life that are out of integrity, that can’t manage some pressure or change. Nothing to beat yourself up about, but an incredible opportunity to learn.
SURVIVAL BEGETS SURVIVAL
I was talking with a client recently about why people are buying so much toilet paper. I meant it seems crazy, right? Hand sanitizer makes sense. Maybe even rice and beans, but TP? But it actually reveals something significant about human nature.
What It Means To Be Human
To be human is to be sick. Despite our best efforts, our most incredible drugs, our most brilliant minds, sickness is human. And so with this crisis, we come face to face with this truth. Not because this is exceptional. Getting sick is incredibly ordinary. But because we’re seeing it all at once. […]
Did I Choose Right?
Choice is funny. It’s driven by all of these hidden desires and instincts. There are more dark alleys inside each choice we make than we care to admit. Especially when it comes to choices at the moment, words we said, reactions we have, people we reach out to, and those feelings we hold back. SOME CHOICES […]
The Tragedy Of Knowing What You Want
“You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you.” ― Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev
The Fear Of Going Deep
One of the biggest fears coaches have – the fear of taking their clients deep. There’s this sense that deep down at the root of a client’s problems is fear, trauma, or pain so big you won’t know what to do. You’re afraid you’ll do damage. Afraid you’ll be clumsy. Afraid that you find yourself […]