Empowering You to Actualize Your Purposeful Potential
To be an effective coach one must suspend assumptions and judgment — let go of being the knower and instead inquire into the truth of the client before you. A great coach lives in the “I don’t know”. From this open, curious place, the truth of the client can be witnessed, discovered and reflected back. […]
It took a long while, we are now halfway through the year, but finally the full bloom of spring is upon on. What a rush of beauty in the blossoms, sounds of new life from the insects and birds, trees that weathered the storms in their full leafed grandeur. The full display of spring is […]
When we run our lives from the states of fear and desire, we are either pushing things away or grasping for them. In between those two states is the middle ground where stillness and peace lives. In this moment, see if you can drop fear and desire and just land in the place of peace. […]
James Hollis, a Jungian Analyst, is one of my favorite authors. He writes about finding meaning in life, particularly the second half of life. His latest book Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey is eloquently thorough on this topic and actually applicable to any phase of life. He reminds […]
Every time there’s a choice to be made by the characters in the movie, The Piano, director Jane Campion has them select an unexpected direction or response. This is so refreshing. In most Hollywood movies things are so predicable that my interest wanes and I feel frustrated by the lack of imagination in what I’m […]
As we embark upon another year, we have an opportunity to set some intentions—a new beginning to recreate our lives in the areas that feel stuck and not expansive. So we resolve to change those areas—we proclaim New Year’s Resolutions. It is certainly a worthy project, rooting out the parts of your life that are […]
I love this time of year—it is an opportunity to look back over the past year and ask, “What went well this year? What am I pleased with? What brought me happiness, what was meaningful, where did I learn and grow?” And then after acknowledging what worked, look again and ask, “What would I have […]
Today as I sit in the early morning hours, looking out at the landscape, bare trees, leaves of gold and red, and I feel grateful for this life I have—the potential of the day, what might unfold and the ability to effect that unfoldment with my own desires of what I want to be. I […]
