“More from less” – a familiar paradox that very few truly trust and rarely practice. Oh, we might say we value it, but our personal behaviors and routines belie us: stressed, exhausted, lethargic and maybe resentful. As one reads the summary article from The Week’s A Better Way To Work, you probably won’t be surprised by the data that history has shown to be true in creative fields from music to math, hard sciences to psychology…Yet in our American culture from education to government to the marketplace, our job descriptions call for a 40 hour plus work week, requiring being in an office at continuously prescribed time frames. Sure, we have days we work from home and flex-hours, but the fact remains we predominantly believe, even demand from ourselves and our organizations “more from more.” So how can we step out of this paradox of productivity? [Read more…]
What is Transformational Coaching?
Our motto at LifeSource Coaches is ‘transformation from the inside out’. As life and leadership coaches, transformation is what Dave and I are all about. Many people ask me, ‘so what is transformational coaching…really?’ Our friends at GAP Community have put together an entertaining and informative short video explaining transformational coaching. [Read more…]
Forgiveness and Your Health
The more I learn about forgiveness, the more I realize what a powerful tool it is to help people move forward in all aspects of their lives. I know in my own life, I spent my early years thinking about the reasons I did not need to forgive the people who had hurt me. I believed that withholding forgiveness somehow protected me from being hurt again. What I didn’t realize was that unforgiveness actually kept me glued to that person.
Costs of Unforgiveness
Sometimes…I wasn’t actually sure what true forgiveness looked like or how to begin the process. I didn’t realize what it was costing me. [Read more…]
The Secret to Clarity
I like clarity.
There is something about sitting outside on a clear day that untangles the chatter in my head and my heart.
I breathe deeply. My thoughts begin to clear. My heart feels less muddled. Peace begins to set in. Clarity comes.
Clarity comes from the Latin word ‘claritas’ and it’s original meaning was ‘glory or divine splendor.’ No wonder I like the word.
Everyone Wants It
Often clients come to me searching for clarity—Clarity in calling, in relationships, in direction for the future. [Read more…]
Fresh Perspective for a First Quarter Reflection
As we closed out 2016 and looked forward to 2017, many evaluated the year with questions such as: “was the glass half empty or half full this year?” The answer to that question depended on your perspective! And your perspective determined what goals and resolutions you did or didn’t set for the New Year. As we near the end of the first quarter of 2017, it’s time to reflect and evaluate our progress, and more importantly reevaluate our perspective again. [Read more…]
On Faith: Enjoying the Free Fall
I’ve jumped off this cliff with both feet.
Is this what “faith” is?
I’m in a free fall.
Panic sets in.
Will there be a “splat” at the end of this journey? [Read more…]
Real Change: How Does it Happen?
So many times, my head knows what is true… but my heart doesn’t quite get the message. It’s been said, “The longest journey that a man must take is the 18 inches from his head to his heart.” I see it most around 3 am, when I wake up and can’t seem to turn off my brain. I start to worry… a low level anxiety begins to seep into my night.
It has only been in the last few years that this began to change.
How did that happen? [Read more…]
Are You Busy or Just Stuck?
I don’t know about you, but I find that I keep pretty busy with life. Somehow “stuff” fills up whatever amount of time I have. I just can’t seem to find time for the things I know I “should” be doing.
As I started to examine this—noticing what I had time for and what I continued to put off, a pattern emerged. The things I put off were the things that were in areas outside my comfort zone. I got really honest, and realized there was some (ok, more than just “some”) fear around those areas. My “busy-ness” was a way of avoiding the things I didn’t want to do. [Read more…]