Getting In Touch With Your Emotions
In my work with coaching people, I often find that people are afraid to feel. In learning to avoid the negative emotions that produce pain, we inadvertently learn to turn off our emotions entirely. Much of the journey as a human being is often relearning how to feel. Each week, I will post a photo and ask two questions. What …
Coaching Insight: A Courageous Life
What is the most courageous thing you think you can do? This past week I’ve had several conversations and a coaching session around courage. And one person shared that he needed to do something really crazy courageous. As I asked him why, he thought that he needed to challenge himself in a way that would get him out of his …
Coaching Moment – Getting To Half Way
Recently I was working on a very large project for someone and I could just feel the burn. Everything inside of me was fighting the process of completing the project. And what was worse is that the resistance was coming form nowhere. I was competent, and capable. I had the resources. I just didn’t want to finish. The resistance was …
Coaching Thought – What Doesn’t Define You
Coaching Thought: I often wonder is life is the stage where we discover our mistakes and failures don’t define us. A little while ago I was coaching a guy who was wrestling with failure. He was lamenting the things he had done that had caused significant problems in his life. He was captivated by the idea that everyone saw him …
Business Development & Communications
Over the past year I have been looking at my role in work. Civitas Press is doing really, really well but it has always been a long-term project. So I’ve finally put together my portfolio and I’m looking for a limited number of clients in business development and communications. My primary offer is to help businesses grow by effectively developing …
Coaching Thought – Projecting Fear
Coaching Thought: How much of our fears reside not in what is happening but what we think will happen? Recently I had the pleasure of working with someone who was really standing up to his sense fear. It was awesome to watch. And in the midst of our conversation, he had moments where he became captivated by his fear. It …
Coaching Moment – Leting Go Of The Victim
It’s easy to play the victim and it’s hard to play the victim. Recently I was coaching someone who was learning to move beyond the victim mentality. She had spent significant amount of our time recognizing the physical, emotional and psychological toll that went into holding onto the false identity of victim. She had gone through some significant work in …
