Are you showing up every day with open arms and open eyes? This might just be one of the biggest day-to-day challenges we all face. Can we face every single day open to what it may bring? I’m not suggesting we don’t plan and organize what we already know. There’s a certain structure we must […]
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“You can’t let him get away with that!” were the words spewed in “encouragement” after a particularly bitter and heated exchange. For most of us, our first thought after a conflict is about how we can respond so that we can prove ourselves and appear tough. Often that response is retaliatory and prompted by the
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When I hear the song Could You Be from Peter Mayer, a thoughtfully spiritual folk artist from Minnesota, I think of the gifts we all carry within us, but hesitate to share with the world. Everyone has their own justifications for veiling elements of their beauty. Sharing a personal story about gradually shedding one of mine and
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Fear pops up a lot in the midst of making significant life changes, whether it is a fear of failure, a fear of rejection, a fear of the unknown. It is interesting to note that the Bible addresses the need to “fear not” more than 300 times. Do you think it has been a significant barrier
Nelson Mandela – “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” Read More »
I will admit that I have always been a gotta-see-it-to-believe-it kind of guy. Makes sense, right? Actually, most of us probably are to varying degrees. I have come to understand the opposite of that. If you want to see something in life, you have to believe it is possible first. There is great potential in
Anatole France, “To accomplish great things…believe” Read More »
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker It seems that the more we try to control, the more out of control we feel. When we try to control things we can’t, we shift our locus of control outside of us and give away
“Don’t regret anything you do, because in the end it makes you who you are.” – Unknown Author Sounds oxymoronic doesn’t it? How can you not regret the worst decisions you’ve made? If you really give yourself the benefit of forgiveness, it is actually pretty easy to see how your mistakes make you into something
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“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” – Ram Dass Listening to the Tony Robbins podcast with Tim Ferriss, Tony made reference to this quote and it literally made me LOL (and I don’t use lol). It is so true. I’m not saying that hanging with family is bad. That
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“Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.”- Naguib Mahfouz. How often do we make decisions (or refrain from making a decision) out of fear? Life coach or not, I do it too. But at this point in my journey, I am trying something different. Is it possible for me to accept fear for what
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Where is the breakdown between knowing what we know and turning that gift of knowledge into application? What is it that will turn our willingness to take action into the act that moves us forward? I am trying to become more aware of those moments that I say, “I know”, but have not done anything
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee Read More »