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Year: 2023

  • How to Be An Ideal Coaching Client

    How to Be An Ideal Coaching Client

    Are you a coaching client now? If so, are you getting results? If you’re not getting results, what thoughts do you have on why that might be? What ideas do you have on how to improve that? In coaching circles there is this notion of an ideal coaching client. We talk about a client’s: READINESS…

  • Are You Home?

    Are You Home?

    Do you feel truly at home right now? That the place you currently stand in is HOME.Feels like home.Feels like you belong.Feel it resonating through every fiber of your being that it is the right place for you.Feel the comfort of this place, its energy.All saying to you that there is no place else but…

  • Just Talk To Them

    Just Talk To Them

    Got conflict with someone? A disagreement? Tough conversation coming up?  Or maybe they did something you didn’t like. Pissed you off. Wronged you. I have the answer for you. It’s easy. JUST TALK TO THEM. WHAT?!?! NO WAY. NO HOW. Not talking to them.Let me go around them. To their manager.Find someone else to fix…

  • Looking for Time to Talk and Express Your Feelings?

    Looking for Time to Talk and Express Your Feelings?

    Are you looking for someone to talk to in your life? Someone you can trust, go through your thoughts and feelings and know you won’t be judged or invalidated? It truly is a problem in our society now where people can’t seem to find even one person that can be a confidant, a sounding board,…

  • Is Your Life in Transition?

    Is Your Life in Transition?

    Does your life seem filled with change? Like losing your job, moving to another city.Formerly close friends becoming distant. Less connected. Unrecognizable.Families formed by others around you but not you.Reaching some milestone like your 30s. Or 40s. Or 50s. Empty nester.Big life events. Family members passing away? Divorce?Even your interests are changing. Old hobbies being…

  • How About Some Laughing Today?

    How About Some Laughing Today?

    I mean, REALLY LAUGHED. GUFFAWED. LAUGHED TO TEARS. UNTIL YOUR STOMACH HURT. FOR JOY. MASSIVE TICKLING OF YOUR FUNNY BONE. REALLY LAUGHED. Yes? No? If no, why not? A client recently asked me to coach him on how to be more funny. Around his friends. At work. In life. What a great project! It made…

  • Mindfulness Beyond Arm’s Length

    Mindfulness Beyond Arm’s Length

    Have you tried, just for a little while, to not focus your sight on something at arm’s length?  Think about how difficult that is right now.  About things that might keep you occupied or busy. Drawing? Building a model? Reading a book? All our devices?  You might be able to eliminate some forms like not looking…

  • Is Your Brain Being Drained By Your Phone?

    Is Your Brain Being Drained By Your Phone?

    Every week I have clients that complain of not being able to do work. The first reason is working from home. The second reason is… The distraction provided by their phones. How true is this for you? Do you find yourself constantly glancing at your phone checking alerts?Tapping on it to make sure you didn’t…

  • What Does Your Mindfulness Practice Reveal?

    What Does Your Mindfulness Practice Reveal?

    This week I started practicing Shodo, the art of Japanese calligraphy. I am using the book Shodo by Rie Takeda, and her Domestika course. It’s been something I’ve always wanted to practice, and as a former designer, it’s been a long time since I’ve actually sat down and done any kind of visual art. Most…

  • Finding Resilience in this Layoff Environment

    Finding Resilience in this Layoff Environment

    This is not news to you. Layoffs are all over the place. You may be one of those impacted. And still reeling from feelings of loss and abandonment, if not anger at all the possible reasons. If you’ve been out there applying for jobs, you’re probably noticing that it’s taking way longer. That the flood…

  • Do You Read Guru Self Help Books?

    Do You Read Guru Self Help Books?

    Follow them on Instagram? And then self diagnose, use big psychology words, and wonder about all the things that are wrong with you? The human condition is filled with all sorts of thoughts and feelings. May I suggest that ALL of them are valid? It’s OK to feel negative feelings, think negative thoughts. About anything,…

  • What Do You Fear Will Happen to You IF…

    What Do You Fear Will Happen to You IF…

    Following my Rick Rubin quote post, I thought more about fear in taking an action and in the resulting consequences. Looking back in your past, how many of you were trained on (over)analyzing the consequences of your actions? As a fellow computer and software engineer, and then a product designer, I was constantly bombarded by…

  • Effectiveness is the Measure of Truth

    Effectiveness is the Measure of Truth

    Hey we’ve finally come to the end of our mini-adventure to Hawaii! Time to bring it all together with the last principle of Huna of Hawaiian Shamanism which is called Pono, or: Effectiveness is the measure of truth. When I read this principle, so much came to my consciousness: What works for you may not…

  • Are You Making Life Choices Based on their Consequences?

    Are You Making Life Choices Based on their Consequences?

    This just came across my feed from Rick Rubin on Instagram @rickrubin. I love that guy and his musings! Here is his latest- it actually makes me want to substitute the word ‘life’ for ‘artistic’. Here it is to try on for size: If you’re making LIFE choices based on the consequences of those choices,…

  • All Power Comes From Within

    All Power Comes From Within

    How do you feel about power in your life? Do you feel you have power? Power over yourself? Power over others? Desire power? Abhor power? The sixth principle of Hawaiian Shamanism is Mana, stated as: All power comes from within. It tells us that we have all we need inside ourselves to power us to…

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