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What are you juggling?

When it comes to juggling the people, activities, projects that fill the trajectory of your life:

  • Do you throw lots of balls in the air hoping you’ve thrown some high enough to disappear for awhile?
  • Are you overly cautious, carefully selecting which balls to toss and limiting your options sometimes unnecessarily?
  • Have you got this juggling skill perfected with the “just right” set of objects spinning?

If you don’t know … even if you do … gift yourself with a few minutes to ask:

What am I juggling now?
What is so high in the air I’ve lost sight?
What am I about to drop?
What do I want to add?

Now what?

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What is your take?

Here’s the thing. There are enough ideas, theories, “facts”, tools, practices, books, blogs, … to keep us all engaged for a lifetime. If, however, we don’t stop to discern what is right for us, we miss the boat. All of the great stuff “out there” does no good if we follow it blindly.

Today, begin a new practice. Stop. Look at what you are doing, reading, engaged in, and honor yourself by asking:

What about this is right for ME?
What do I think?
What is MY take on this?

From here, choose.

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Do you trust …

… you? Think about it. We often talk about “trusting the other person” in a relationship. But what about “me”? When I feel whole, grounded, secure in my “self”, confident in my ability to set boundaries and to make wise decisions, I am less apt to be blown off course by “you”. I am also less likely to blame “you” when things go awry.

What does self-trust look like?
In what ways are you not trustworthy?
If you trusted YOU, what would shift?

Totally with you on this journey!

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Take Your Temperature

I’d like to invite you into a health check with me today. Ready to take your temperature?

  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of tolerance in your life now
  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of patience in your life now
  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of compassion in your life now
  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of love in your life now
  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of joy in your life now
  • On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), rate the overall level of excitement in your life now

If your overall score does matches your desired score, take a moment to notice what is working and acknowledge yourself!

If you overall score does not match your desired score:

What do you know works to raise it?
What action are you willing to take today?
What if you don’t?

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Life isn’t for wimps!

When I work with coaching clients, I suggest that coaching is a “full body sport” and that “all of you: body/mind/spirit/emotion” must show up for the game. Yup! That means that your wimpy nature won’t get a lot of air time. What will be encouraged, heard, and brought forth is your courage, your deep desire for growth, for fulfillment, for expansion!

Take a minute to survey your recent life experiences:

Where do you notice wimpy?
In what situations does courage wane and fear win?

Now dig deep and ask your internal courageous voice to speak:

What does courage say?