Regret is the WORST! Stop Creating It.

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When someone asks me what I do, I tell them I help people create regret-free lives. This wasn’t the goal I set out with when I started coaching, but over time, I’ve learned that regret is a deep-seated fear for many,...

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The Job of Your “Job” is Not to Excite You!

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People who come to coaching often fall into two categories: 

  • Those who don’t know what their next (or first) career move should be and
  • Those with a job and career who want to switch to something else.

Coaching the first...

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Suck it Up, Buttercup!

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I know it’s meant as a compliment, but it irks me when someone says, “You’re lucky to have a high pain tolerance.”

They usually follow it up with a story about their own natural, even genetic, low pain tolerance....

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How Do We Achieve Fulfillment?

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An extraordinary Life Coach is probably not smarter, richer or more academically accomplished than her clients.

She may not be older, wiser or more worldly than her clients either.

But if she’s really good at supporting them to...

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One Year Since October 7th: A Reflection

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One year ago, during this week, still shell-shocked from the events of October 7th, I wrote the following article, Have Freakin’ Conviction!

I could have never imagined that over a year later, our brothers, sisters, and children...

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The Parenting Principle We Got Wrong

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The rising generation, also known as Gen Z, has its work cut out for them!

With nearly a decade of experience coaching this generation, I've witnessed their unique traits and behaviors.

First, let me tell you what they are not...

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The Not-So-Sexy Side of Being a Professional Coach

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At least once a week, I’m approached by someone eager to create a career as a Professional Coach.

They often ask for my advice and sometimes the opportunity to work with me to build a thriving Coaching business.

...

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Bucketful of Happiness? No Thanks

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I have a bone to pick with the Happiness Crowd!

Through the last decade, we’ve been obsessed with exploring, chasing, and finding happiness. Look through any airport bookstore, and you’ll find countless authors...

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How Can You Stop Being a Time Survivor?

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Last week’s blog post, “Are you a Time Thriver or Time Survivor?” generated many responses, ranging from recognizing ourselves as one or the other type to wanting to learn more about the “how to.”...

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Are You a Time Thriver or Time Survivor?

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I used to believe that our most valuable resource is time. After all, it’s the one commodity no amount of money can buy. And the fact that no one knows just how much remains for each of us in our lifetime, makes it even...

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Road Closed to Your Normal Way of Life

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When you hear or read the word “detour,” what’s the primary emotion you experience?

Do you feel excited, optimistic, and energized? Or hesitant, doubtful, and cautious?

I’m going to guess that for most...

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What Can You Remove from Your Life?

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I’m obsessed with Ease.

Let me be clear. Here, I’m not talking about Easy. Easy is about doing less, taking shortcuts, and staying inside our comfort zone. Easy says, “I don’t want to do hard things....

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If I’m Not Perfect, Then What Am I?

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The impact of Perfectionism is like the force of Gravity.

Most (I’m hoping all) of us are aware of it, and ignorance doesn’t shield us from its effects. 

In other words, not understanding gravity will not...

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Why and How Do You Run 50 Miles?

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Growing our commitment muscle is arguably the most significant lever of success we have the power to enforce. Yet so many of us commit to an end goal at the cost of suffering through the journey.

If the process of achieving a goal...

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Why Half in is Half-Ass?

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I’ve been thinking about commitment.

Why does commitment have to be such a zero-sum game? Or does it?

Regarding most behaviors, a little bit is better than nothing. The foundation of successful coaching is helping folks take...

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Why is Simplicity the Highest Form of Genius?

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Coaching is all about helping my clients get to “simple.”

Let me explain.

Albert Einstein explained the four ascending levels of cognitive prowess: Smart, Intelligent, Brilliant, and Genius.

But do you know what...

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Never Explain!

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The more years I collect, the less time and attention I give to arguing, convincing, and explaining.

I love Benjamin Disraeli’s advice to “never explain, never complain.”

People who have known me for decades...

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Raising Conscious Children: Balancing Growing Up and Waking Up

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“My child needs to grow up!”

Nope.

Your child needs to wake up. 

This is my response to parents who confuse “growing up” with “waking up”. 

And I don’t mean they need to become...

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Why Do You Have to Be So Extreme?

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One problem, particular to this moment in history, is how easily obsession can be conflated with extremism.

As a parent, I want my children to use critical thinking, question authority, and appropriately distrust their news...

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Are You Fed Up Yet?

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The Coaching field remains a mystery to so many people.

My mission is to dispel as many myths and share as many truths about Coaching as possible on this chosen career journey.

You can read a selection of those articles here.

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If Life Was a Spotify Playlist, What Would Be Your Soundtrack?

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In a previous article, When Giving Makes You Exhausted… I confessed to being a thief.

A thief of ideas.

I wrote that everything I share, I’ve heard, read, and learned from someone else.

And whether you realize it...

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Fear: Friend or Foe?

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I meet with clients weekly but keep conversing with them between sessions through a shared document.

I do this because life doesn’t conveniently happen, for example, every Tuesday at 10.00 am. It happens in its own time and...

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Zielschmerz: The Pain of Pursuing Your Dreams

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I engage in more coaching conversations per week than the number of clients I have.

I do this because I’ve learned there’s a large delta between people who want to be coached and those who commit to it.

In other...

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Beware of Unearned Wisdom

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Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

- The Rock, T.S. Eliot

 

Coaching is so much more about sharing wisdom than merely...

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