Compassion

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / September 29, 2015

So Many of Our Gremlins Are of Our Own Making

A roller coaster week with lots of ups and downs...I'm turning my face to the sunshine and realize that so many of my gremlins are of my own making...aren't they always?!? Meet Insecure-Imelda-Petty-Patty. She is my inner voice that likes to have me look around at what EVERYBODY else is doing in the world and then she turns to me and (just when I LEAST expect it) whispers: LOOK--SEE--YOU'RE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY ARE. It's haunting. She is so damn convincing to me sometimes that I actually allow …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / August 2, 2015

My First Ambulance Ride

On Tuesday morning about 5AM, I took my first ambulance ride. Here's the set-up. Sunday night: arrive home from a 12 day trip to Alaska. Was amazing. I understand how small we humans are, how insignificant we are, among the natural world. Major perspective shifts in so many ways. Monday Morning Through MidDay: Work up with a sore back. Figured all of the schlepping of very heave luggage over the last 2 weeks might be the cause. Decided yoga might help. Did yoga. Didn't help. …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / April 28, 2015

Failing Forward

SHOW YOUR WORK CHALLENGE DAY #23 Failing Forward. This is what it looks like (below). The following is the post I sent early this morning to some of my trusted advisors because there are lessons that others might gain from my experience and reflection on it. I was urged to share it publicly, so I'm doing that here. Posting for release (my own release that is). Last July, I started a journey with a company called Blanchard Coaching, out of San Diego. They are a …

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Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / November 7, 2014

Your Trigger is Your Teacher

Today, my Coach (Allison Crow) took me through a powerful exercise that I wanted to share. She called it “Your Trigger is Your Teacher.” I reported to her on our coaching call today that I was triggered/irritated/funked-out by some recent marketing copy that I’d read from another Coach. This is a Coach that I’ve never met in person but whom others in the industry respect VERY MUCH. And his words TRIGGERED ME. He suggested in his copy that one could become part of the 4% of elite coaches in …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / July 23, 2014

Why Blackouts are Good for You

Recently, I spent 5 days on my grandparent's old farmstead in west central IL. My aunt owns the property now, and she's done amazing things to renovate the house so that all of us can still gather there as extended family. It's really quite magical. This is one of the first places on the earth I ever stepped foot, and 40 years later it's still one of the places I love to frequent for so many reasons. We had a fantastically simple and amazingly fun time. What did we do that made it so toe-tingly …