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  • What is True North, The Path Towards the Life That You Really Want?

    What is True North, The Path Towards the Life That You Really Want?

    Are you in search of a life that is more fulfilling, more aligned with your true purpose and passions? What you’re talking about is finding your True North, the path defined from within and not from anywhere else! Watch this short video on what True North is below. If you’ve been drawn towards Magnetic North,…

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  • Ready to Try to Discover Your Purpose?

    Ready to Try to Discover Your Purpose?

    Over the last few posts, we’ve gotten QUIET. Then we brought AWARENESS to how our internal messaging system talks to us. Once we recognized how it talks to us, we tried listening to its messages, to engage with our INTUITION. If you are comfortable with all that, then you’re ready to see what you can…

  • Team Building Activities in a Remote Environment

    Team Building Activities in a Remote Environment

    You may have seen my posts about how I think remote work’s negative outweigh its positives. However, it’s not going away any time soon. A client recently asked for ideas on how to build team cohesion while remote. Tired of virtual water coolers? Here are some great posts that include the virtual water cooler but…

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  • There are Two Wolves Fighting Within Me

    There are Two Wolves Fighting Within Me

    Says the Cherokee Grandfather to his grandson.“One of them is angry and hateful, the other is generous and compassionate.” His grandson asked, “Which one will win, Grandpa?” The old man replied, “The one I feed.” – from Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval, by Alberto Villoldo Let this tale reverberate inside…

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  • Are You Stuck?

    Are You Stuck?

    Stuck in your life? Your job? Your circumstances? Your marriage? Your house? Your body even? How does it feel? Trapped? Hopeless?Fearful of moving?Fearful of making the wrong move?Uncertain as to where to move? Or how to move? My coach colleague in crime, Sandy Swanson, just wrote an excellent post on feeling stuck. Her descriptions parallel…

  • The World is What You Think It Is

    The World is What You Think It Is

    Who doesn’t love Hawaii? There is something about those tropical islands, some mystical, magical pull that is wondrous and draws us back again and again for rest and recovery. Recently I became aware of Huna and the 7 Principles of Hawaiian Shamanism. The first principle is Ike, which is: The World is What You Think…

  • I’ve Got a Podcast for Coaches!

    I’ve Got a Podcast for Coaches!

    It’s the amazing Sandy Swanson, ACC, NBC-HWC, A-CFHC and I taking a humorous and serious look at coaching and our own journeys. We are up to Episode 8 now with Planning and Support, part of our short series on the coaching conversation structure. “Let’s make a plan! This episode is all about helping your client plan action…

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  • Why isn’t My Team Doing What I Want Them to Do?

    Why isn’t My Team Doing What I Want Them to Do?

    Are you a new manager? In my coaching practice, I have many who are new managers and want to become better ones. They often come to me wondering why their team isn’t doing what they want them to do. New managers come with many pre-conceived notions on how to motivate people. Notions about leading, communicating,…

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  • I Am Wasting My Potential Right Here and Now

    I Am Wasting My Potential Right Here and Now

    I hear this often in my clients. Every day is a grind.No feeling of purpose.No growth.No connection with whatever they are doing. That they are tossing their days into the trash can of life. That where they are now feels so wrong, and a sense that they were made for more in this world. More…

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  • Let’s Talk About Love

    Let’s Talk About Love

    LOVE. But not romantic love. Loving YOURSELF. It’s a concept that is simple but yet for many, self love does not come easy. I’ve had many clients come to me about some initial problem, and after some inquiry it boils down to a deep inability to love themselves just the way they are now. It’s…

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  • Does Your Body React to An Uncomfortable Memory?

    Does Your Body React to An Uncomfortable Memory?

    Last week I had a client who arrived at our session with anxiety at work. After some coaching inquiry, it was revealed that in his previous job, his manager gave him some serious negative grief over missing his sales numbers. Apparently his manager was a student of negative reinforcement and proceeded to make his life…

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  • Reading the News is Taking Your Health Away

    Reading the News is Taking Your Health Away

    This doesn’t come as a surprise: ‘News addiction’ can cause stress, anxiety, study says – ASU News It just validates what we already intuitively knew. Having our noses in our smartphones, endlessly scrolling through negative headlines of our news apps and social media feeds takes our health away. We are: Fearful of the future.Looking at…

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  • Keepin’ It Simple in Nutrition Coaching

    Keepin’ It Simple in Nutrition Coaching

    When I nutrition coach, I like to keep things simple. So many people complicate things from the beginning. They start taking huge swaths of food and removing them. They take on the huge effort of measuring food and tracking. They start following all the popular diets and cycle through them wondering if and when it…

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  • “All of Me is Welcome”

    “All of Me is Welcome”

    “All of me is welcome” Close your eyes, and whisper it to yourself. What comes up for you? What does it evoke inside you and in your feelings? I encountered this phrase in my Shamanic Reiki training. It is an invocation that we use in some of our meditations. It’s probably one of the most…

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  • Have You Scanned Your Body Lately?

    Have You Scanned Your Body Lately?

    One of the great elements of somatic coaching is helping people get more in tune with what is happening within their bodies. Why might you want to do that? Simply put, to become more aware of what is happening within, and how the body reacts to certain stimuli from our environment. It’s often information that…

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