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What’s in a Life Purpose?

Jan 14, 2020
2 min

What’s in a Life Purpose?

As a Co-Active Coach, I work most often with my clients in the Principle of Fulfillment, so that they can get ever closer to a clear view of who they are and what they want. Here, we spend a lot of our time really digging into our values, or what themes are important to us personally, as well as fleshing out the Saboteurs, which we also know as our Inner Critic. Another tool I use to combine my client’s longings with action is The Life Purpose Statement, structured as: I am t

The Gratitude Gremlin

Jan 10, 2020
2 min

The Gratitude Gremlin

A theme that keeps coming up with a lot of my clients these days is the concept of gratitude. As a practice, it’s a powerful way for them to relish in the moment, to dive deep into the present and ground themselves in the beauty that is their life. Our use of Process Coaching, where we really focus on the here and now, allowing the present to unfold before us as a means to deepen our learning of self, can often enhance this feeling through the realization that every emotion a

New Year, True You

Jan 2, 2020
1 min

New Year, True You

After spending days facing the onslaught of New Years resolutions while scrolling through social media, a thought occurred to me: Why are we so determined to follow the ‘New Year, New You’ ideology? Why do we need to be NEW versions of ourselves when we can just be the TRUE versions of ourselves? For some, perhaps this radical change is paramount. Maybe that’s the only way they know how to do something; go all in, feet first with nothing to lose. They wipe the slate clean and

New Year, New… Ways of Thinking About Resolutions

Dec 31, 2019
1 min

New Year, New… Ways of Thinking About Resolutions

It might surprise you to hear that as a coach, I’m really not a big fan of setting New Years resolutions. Though I know from all the books I’ve read on habit formation (I’ve always been a bit of a self-help book geek) that this time can be the perfect moment to commit to change, I feel like we tend to do it all backwards. We put the action before the reflection. We say that we’re going to lose ten pounds or make X times more money or plan that dream trip before understanding

Fulfillment as a Radical Act

Dec 12, 2019
2 min

Fulfillment as a Radical Act

“I could have settled. I could have made it easy on myself and done it differently… But I couldn’t.” While visiting one of my oldest friends in London this past week, we were talking about the decisions we’ve made in the last few years; how hard it’s been and yet how essential they’ve been to making us the people we’re proud to be today. And she was right, she definitely could have made it easier on herself by settling for a comfortable life, one without the risks of running

What Launching This Website Taught Me About Fear

Nov 13, 2019
3 min

What Launching This Website Taught Me About Fear

2 days ago, I decided to put myself out there, like really: I launched this website and announced it to the world. Because do declarations even matter if they’re not on the world wide web? (Hint: absolutely). But still. For me, it was essential to launch this site and to make my dreams public because I was absolutely terrified, like Gloria Gaynor levels petrified, of what people would think. Similarly to a lot of people out there, my saboteurs live on social media. What’s a s