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Belonging – the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Belonging motivates everything we do. Whether for our communities, workplace or individual wellbeing, feeling we belong is a gift that keeps on giving. True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can...
Life is Difficult, What’s New!
Life is difficult. Acceptance is the remedy. Acceptance is both powerful and healing because when we accept the problem to be real...a pandemic...a lost election..a changing work environment...we are able to move with courage and wisdom into problem solving mode....
Satisficing – Good Enough
Satisficing is good for us. Satisficing helps us navigate choices more effectively and efficiently. Saying no and meaning it may make us happier. "Recent research in social psychology has shown that happy people are not people who have more; rather, they are people...
Look Around in Awareness
Look around in awareness. "Let us not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber The 2020 theme of identity continues with my exploration of how we choose to look around at the world and our place in it. In the Kickass Koach...
Who am I?
Who am I? Or perhaps a better question may be: how may I enjoy who I am? "Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." - Emily Dickinson "Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson The 2020 theme of...
Truth is Easy to Understand
Is truth framing your patterns or are patterns forming your truths? "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo The 2020 theme of identity continues with my exploration of who we are and who we want to...
Adversity as Teacher
Make Adversity a Teacher. We have the choice whether to turn every adversity we face into a teacher or make it an accomplice. When we choose accomplice, we only learn to feel helpless. When we choose to consciously make adversity a teacher we set our self up for...
Listening to the Silence
Listening to the Silence reminds us it can be both deafening AND golden. Of course, silence can also be threatening or limiting. The Sound of silence is in the eye of the beholder or the context of the moment. We benefit when we are able to listen to all the nuances....
Being is Best when
Being is Best when we are being who we were meant to be. Insights come to life through a brutal process. ➡ Insights are GREAT...they immediately offer a shot of adrenaline. Embracing and applying them though is NOT a gentle process for most. Only when we think about...
Feeling Machines Who Think
We are feeling machines. Moreover, feeling is our natural state but unfortunately we erroneously believe we are thinking machines. We first must accept we're biased. Furthermore, find a means to slow it down when in reaction mode. Ultimately, practice and hone this...