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  • Do You Matter?

    Do You Matter?

    And I’m not talking about your atoms! I mean, do you feel you matter in life? To others? To the world? What does “mattering” mean exactly? Check out this quote from the NYTimes article, “Want to Believe in Yourself? ‘Mattering’ Is Key.”: Mattering involves “more than feeling like you belong in a group,” he explained;…

  • Chasing the Easy Life or Living Life with Ease?

    Chasing the Easy Life or Living Life with Ease?

    So many people want the EASY LIFE.  Isn’t that what retirement was supposed to bring? You toil for years under the yoke of an employer at a lackluster job, clocking in and clocking out. You reach your 60s and you’re supposed to put that all behind you for the EASY LIFE. Or maybe you don’t…

  • Do You Have a Cheerleader In Your Life?

    Do You Have a Cheerleader In Your Life?

    Someone who roots for you?  Cheers you up when you are down? Pushes you when you need it? The cheerleader is the person who takes you from a negative state to a positive one. Just like in a football game. They rev up the players and crowd to higher energy states to play their best…

  • What Is Standing In Your Way?

    What Is Standing In Your Way?

    Trying to finish something? Trying to go somewhere? Move forward with you life or work or a relationship? Something else? What’s standing in your way of getting there? Do you know? Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor once said, “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Wow! Smart dude!…

  • Are You Lazy?

    Are You Lazy?

    Is that how you view yourself? Is that the reason you can’t do all those things you want to do? The Oxford Dictionary defines LAZY as: Unwilling to work or use energy. I often have clients who can’t get moving on something in their lives who describe themselves as LAZY.  Us coaches really don’t like…

  • When Overwhelmed or Uncertain, Start with the Basics

    When Overwhelmed or Uncertain, Start with the Basics

    Are you feeling overwhelmed? Uncertain in which direction to go, to get yourself out of this rut – This mess – Feeling this way – All the negativity bombarding you from every direction non-stop? I meet many clients who come to session with a massive list of things impacting them, and most in a negative,…

  • Becoming the Holistic Investor at the Angel Capital Association

    Becoming the Holistic Investor at the Angel Capital Association

    This last Tuesday September 19, 2023, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Angel Capital Association’s monthly meeting for Life Sciences investors. The membership had already been wondering about the negative feelings associated with investing as well as negative interactions with entrepeneurs who are also experiencing negativity in similar and in other ways. I…

  • Is Pain Keeping You From Your Desired Future?

    Is Pain Keeping You From Your Desired Future?

    Do you have pain right now? Somewhere in your body? Is it persistent? Maybe been around for a long time? Years even? And how intense is it? Just nudges when you move? Or is it 10 out of 10 every day as long as you can remember? In the first session of our new workshop,…

  • How Are Your New Years Resolutions Doing?

    How Are Your New Years Resolutions Doing?

    Remember waaaaaay back in January, you made some New Years resolutions. Maybe it was working out more. Taking care of yourself. Learning a new hobby. Finding a new partner. Or something else. It’s now September, 9 months later. How are they doing? Did you achieve them or did they…. kind of disappear? If you didn’t…

  • I Was Fine Until…

    I Was Fine Until…

    How many of you are in some undesirable state right now? Pre-diabetic? Overweight? Stressed? Anxious? Fatigue beyond fatigue? Lost? Stuck? It could be your physical health. It could be your mental health. Or both. It doesn’t matter which or both. Just sucks to be here right now the way you are. Many like you come to…

  • Be Like Snoopy Today!

    Be Like Snoopy Today!

    How many of you can’t stop thinking about the future? Worry about your job? The state of the country? The economy? The health of the Earth? YOUR health? Is it driving you to fear? Indecision? Overwhelm? Freeze? Overthinking? More worry? Stress? (Add your own here) I have the solution for you, brought to you by…

  • Have You Opened a Door for Someone Lately?

    Have You Opened a Door for Someone Lately?

    Think about it. Have you walked up to a doorway with someone, or someone close behind you, and then held the door open for them? Or did you just open it and go in without a second thought? Years ago, I was sitting at a restaurant by the door, waiting for take out. I saw…

  • Is That Diagnosis Real or Is It Your Environment?

    Is That Diagnosis Real or Is It Your Environment?

    This came across my feed from notable psychologist Nicole LePera aka The Holistic Psychologist. It resonated strongly with what I have seen in clients who show up either saying they have some mental health condition (without formal diagnosis) OR were recently diagnosed by a clinician. We explore a bit and note the high stress, multitasking,…

  • The Sandy and Dave Show is Live on Apple Podcasts!

    The Sandy and Dave Show is Live on Apple Podcasts!

    To all my coach friends, Just wanted to share that my podcast with Coach Sandy Swanson, The Sandy and Dave Show, is now up on Apple podcasts! It’s an irreverent take on coaching and coaching techniques. Come and hear us riff on the first episode, “The 30 Minute Menace”, where we chat about how to…

  • How Much Stress is Too Much?

    How Much Stress is Too Much?

    My coach colleague Laura Capodieci posted about measuring stress and then knowing when it was time to do something about it. I responded in the comments so you can take a look. Stress is an interesting topic and a hot one. Everyone says they are STRESSED and they need “tools” to deal with it. Yes STRESS can…

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