During one coaching session, I prompted a client to put her hands on her heart and listen to what it wanted to say. After a few moments of silence, she answered. The words were hesitant, her voice slow, as if she wasn’t sure that she was speaking her heart’s true voice. To take the practice […]
Dear Aurora, So I made a commitment to doing 10 April Love posts last month. It’s the first day of May and only got to complete this last love letter today. In the past, I would have felt really bad about not living up to my commitments and beating myself up about how I could have […]
Dear change, You’ve been unrelenting these past few years. I barely recognize my life because it looks so different from what I had planned. I was the one who went the same grade school and high school with the same 30 classmates for 11 years. I lived in the house I grew up in for […]
Dear fear, Why, hello there, old friend! I’m amazed that I’m even calling you friend. You used to be someone I would ignore, hoping that you would go away, whenever I thought about leaving what was familiar or exploring the new. You were my constant companion when I would find myself literally lost in the […]
Dear money, We had an exercise during coach training last year where I had a conversation with you. One of my fellow coaches took on your persona and asked me a few questions: Is our relationship now secure for you? Do you expect me to make you happy? Do you love me? Having that conversation shifted […]
Dear Courage, Don’t fail me now. I am recommitting myself to you, to the promise of potential, to a new future which makes my vision for my life a priority. Stick with me when I’m not patient. Stick with me when I’m scared. Stick with me when I want to give up. Remind me of […]
