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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The Lotus Circle
This past year was life-changing for me. I found a place in my heart that I did not know existed…it was a place for ME. It's a place where magic happens, art is created, colors are brilliant, and life is FULL of joy. And it's also a place of near no-judgment, full expression, and complete honesty. It's not always an easy place to inhabit, but it's a loving place in which to sit. I owe so much of this new-found place to the group coaching experiences I've participated in with Allison Crow …
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 …
Unleash Your Gifts and Find Your Authentic Path in Life
When you think of a wheel, you think of movement and a cyclical journey. The medicine wheel holds those characteristics in our life and on our soul’s journey for healing and transformation. Also known as the “sacred hoop,” it is a representation of the four cardinal directions, Mother Earth, Father Sky and Creator at the center. Each direction holds wisdom and medicine gifts whose lessons are taught by understanding our life cycles, the elements and many archetypes in nature. (originally …
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Shame, Doodling, and Transformation
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That's why it loves perfectionists -- it's so easy to keep us quiet. If we cultivate enough awareness about shame to name it and to speak it, we've basically cut it off at the knees. Shame hates having words wrapped around it. If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it. --Brene Brown I don't know about you, but I've come a long way to …
