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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,…
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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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To Love is to be Happy With
ALOOOOHAAAA! Oh that wonderful greeting as you get off the plane in Hawaii! As some of you may have heard, “aloha” is expressed when you see someone, and also when you depart. But it means much more than hello and goodbye. Aloha is also the fifth principle of Huna, Hawaiian shamanism, which is stated as:…
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Now is the Moment of Power
Aloha everyone! It’s 7 days of Hawaiian Shamanism with the 4th principle of Huna: Now is the moment of power. Where are your thoughts right now? Are they musing about the future, or perhaps in your past, something from years ago? The past happened. It’s behind us. NOTHING we can actually DO about it. The…
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Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
I’m on a roll with Hawaiian Shamanic principles! The third principle of Huna of Hawaiian Shamanism is called Makia and is translated as: Energy flows where attention goes. Hmm sounds pretty straightforward right? You focus on something and it gets done. RIIIGGGHHHTT. How many of you today actually have great focus? The ability to really…
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There Are No Limits
Do you feel that the world has limited you, and that there are many things holding you back, or at least in place? The second principle of Huna of Hawaiian Shamanism is Kala, which stands for: There are no limits. When you read that statement, how do you feel? What comes up for you? Have…
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Another Week of Social Media and News Fasting Done!
I’ve come to realize that I need to fast from social media and news for about a week regularly now and I just completed my most recent fast this last week. In recent months all this noise from our devices has been really building to a crescendo of discord inside me and it has even…
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Wayfinding is the Missing Link in Your Life Journey
Are you trying to figure out what to do next in your life? Have you created spreadsheets and lists, detailed out options and their pros and cons? And after doing all that still can’t figure out what to move towards? I have many clients who arrive with this predicament. They’ve done the work and analysis,…
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You Are Not Your Diagnosis
Many clients come to me claiming they have something. They say they have ADHD. Or OCD. Or anxiety. Depression. As if they were already diagnosed by a clinician. It becomes part of them. Their belief system. That they have some condition and so thereby it becomes the fall back reason for some aspects of their…
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Make a Promise to Yourself Now!
When was the last time you made a promise to yourself and actually kept it? Or is your life a string of broken promises, like: Was it last week when you said you were going to work out 3x/ week but didn’t? Was it telling yourself you wouldn’t procrastinate on a work project and you…
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Will AI Replace Us Coaches?
This UCSD research came across my feed. It showed that patients rated AI chatbot responses more emphathetic than physicians. How funny. AI > Physicians! Earlier this week, Apple announced Quartz, a project to launch an AI driven health coach. Many of my colleagues in the coaching field were getting nervous as well as outraged. Technology…
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Genco Method Energetic and Somatic Coaching with Tijen Genco
Hey all, I’m on a video podcast at Genco Coaching! For coaches: MC Tijen’s training in energetic and somatic coaching really leveled up my coaching skills far beyond that of traditional talk, mind-based coaching. The course took us into Iyengar yoga for ailments, a broad tour through many of the major energetic systems: Traditional Chinese…
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Take Charge of Yourself
Do you put yourself in the hands of others, or fate, to just fix everything that you don’t like about you? Or do you take charge of your condition? Actively control what you do, how you feel, how you walk through life and show up in it? Have you thought about this? How our society…
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Are You Not Ready to Move Out of Your Discomfort?
Every client shows up saying they hate their lives and want change. But many clients don’t. Or won’t. Or can’t. No matter what they say, what we design, what they say they will do after the session – still no movement. Despite the negativity they feel, they still stay in place. Do you know someone…
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What is a Passion?
Are you living your life aligned to your passions? Many of my clients come to me searching for more fulfilling lives. And all they need to do is have clarity on what their passions are. Once they have clarity, then they can know what to align their lives to! However, what exactly is a passion?…
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