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Personal Mastery
You know them. The people who radiate calm, compassion, and power. Those who can say what needs to be said, who lift others up, who stay centered regardless of the chaos raging around them. They are unstoppable, their lives work, and they make their dreams come...
Resilience Unravelled
I was honored to be on Dr. Russell Thackery's Resilience Unravelled podcast. Russell is a British coach with an intense interest in personal and organizational resilience. We talk about busting people out of their ruts, ontological coaching, and other concerns. Listen...
Choosing Who You Are
There are many different coaching methodologies. I practice Ontological Coaching. So what is it? Say you hike into the woods for a picnic with a really exciting date or with your husband or wife on an important anniversary. On a stream bank, you spread the cloth,...
Transformation: The Short Story
This is a story about transformation. About changing your experience of the world. It can happen in a flash: all you need to do is change the lens you are looking through. Let’s call her Shanice. She wanted to be a motivational speaker—but, to her distress, she was a...
Changing Your Life Path Means Changing How You See The World
If you want to change your life path, you can’t bring your old reality with you. If you want to sail around the world, you can’t still be thinking that the world is flat. If you want to move into the corner office, you can’t be thinking you’re not good enough, or that...
What Stops You From Living Big? Four Reasons We Live Small Lives
Photo by Armand Khoury on Unsplash You want to do great things with your life—you want to live big. To rocket to distant planets, write epics, end hunger, but, instead, you’re stuck at home doing the dishes or cutting the grass. You want more for yourself than...
Why Choosing a Life Purpose is Important If You Want To Be Truly Happy
Being able to choose your life’s purpose is a luxury. Throughout human history, until very recently, only a tiny handful of people had the opportunity to choose want they wanted to do with their lives. The rest of us struggled with raw survival. Even then, if...
How To Free Yourself From Your Golden Handcuffs
If you want to free yourself from your golden handcuffs—how do you do it? (If you are uncertain whether or not to free yourself, see this post). In my experience, one of four obstacles block people who are ready to lose their cuffs but who are stuck and can’t...
Should You Free Yourself From Your Golden Handcuffs?
Golden handcuffs are the 21st century equivalent of a pact with the devil or Faustian Bargain. Such pacts are common in Christian (and likely other) folklore: a person sells their soul to the devil and into eternal damnation in return for an extra-worldly power or...
When Does Coaching End?
When does coaching end? It depends. Generally, it ends when the client chooses to end it. On rare occasions, when the client becomes uncoachable or stops doing the work, I will end the relationship. Most clients get what they need from coaching in six to twelve...
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