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Thinking Too Much? Disconnection Between Head, Heart, and Gut
In our culture, we place in highest regard that we have superior intellect and that our minds can think our way out of any problem. I see that often in many of my clients, who arrive at their sessions with an excessively active brain, and ideas and thoughts emerge effortlessly from their mouths as they […]
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Finding Balance When Working from Home
The pandemic has had a profound effect on the workplace. Employers shifted to working from home, and now as pandemic restrictions have lifted, working from home in some fashion is here to stay. Clients have noted many benefits to working from home, and some are thriving in it. However, many are finding that while there […]
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How Much Readiness, Willingness, and Capacity for Change Do You Have?
In coaching, we often talk about our clients being ready, willing, and able for change in their lives. When I went through Precision Nutrition’s Level 2 course, they suggested clients rate themselves on these three dimensions to bring awareness to these elements, when considering some change in their lives. Rating scale is one of a […]
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A Pause on Swim Coaching and Personal Training
It was with heavy heart that I sent emails to the relevant folks that I was putting a pause on my swim coaching and personal training, with an undefined restart time. The pandemic had a huge role in this decision, having closed my ability to take clients the pool I trained them in, and also […]
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How to Maintain a Workout Program
Many clients ask me to help them establish and maintain a workout program. In my experience and in helping many clients through this desire, I have seen some common reasons why sustaining a workout program can be difficult. However, not to worry – solutions are there for you if you have a better understanding of […]
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Sauna Mats are Awesome!
About a year ago I was turned onto Far Infrared and Infrared light in detoxing. I was amazed that this little handheld unit could provoke a reaction so high as to fatigue me by mid afternoon. Then, I was introduced to saunas. Looking into the myriad of types available, I didn’t feel like an enclosed […]
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Aligning With Your Passions and Purpose is the Secret of Sustainability
Your dharma is your big why, the reason you’re here with all these thoughts, needs, and desires. We were each born with a unique purpose and this human experience is about remembering ours. – Discover Your Dharma, Sahara Rose Many clients come to me wondering why they cannot sustain a habit. They have read all […]
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How to Stay Healthy and Sane in the Age of Back-to-Back Video Meetings
The other day a client asked if I had any thoughts on how to better cope with days full of back to back video meetings. Given the state of the pandemic, it is what every company has moved towards, to continue work while keeping safe at home. The unintended consequence of this working style has […]
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Change in Position, Change in Scenery
Are you reading this on your computer screen? I bet you are! I bet you haven’t gotten up for the last several hours of Zoom calls all day long. Such is life in the pandemic…! So many clients are wondering how they can stop feeling so drained, leading to fatigue, anxiety, procrastination, lack of motivation […]
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Your Battery is Below Zero
Every week I meet those who are, in normal non-pandemic times, highly functional and capable people. I hear their stories about what has changed between before pandemic and now, and it is filled with overwhelm and stress. Then our conversation moves towards what they want out of coaching and they wonder why they are stuck […]
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All-Terrain Conditioning from StrongFirst, September 11-12, 2021
Adding to my collection of StrongFirst related workshops, I attended the All-Terrain Conditioning workshop this last September 2021. It is an excellent follow-on to the StrongEndurance workshop where I learned a lot of training concepts from Russian coaches and researchers. StrongEndurance had a ton of great principles about training, but applying them was pretty hard. […]
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Animal Flow Level 2, August 21-22, 2021
Following on my Animal Flow Level 1 certification, and thankful for pandemic times to bring this workshop to us via Zoom, I hopped into the Level 2 certification back in August 21-22, 2021. It was a great experience and also raised the bar in terms of athleticism. There were many new moves to learn and […]
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Calm Before Positive Shifts and Healing
I came across this research paper by Stephen Porges, et al, titled “Effects of Soft Tissue Mobilization (Rolfing Pelvic Lift) on Parasympathetic Tone in Two Age Groups,” published in the journal Physical Therapy in 1988. The significant finding of this research was that physical therapy was enhanced when a patient’s ventral vagal nerve was activated […]
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Box Breathing for the Busy Brain
Many clients I meet have busy brains. There is so much going on up there; so much processing, so many thoughts, so many things to think about across many dimensions. Many of them know they need relief from this and are seeking help to calm their minds. Given how much has been written about mindfulness […]
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A Brand Called You: Discovering and Aligning With Your True Self
A while back I attended an amazing workshop offered by my mentor coach and teacher, Tijen Genco, called A Brand Called You. She had created it for us beginning coaches so that we could better discover how we could best align our newly birthed coaching businesses with our own beings. After exiting our course, there […]
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