Monthly Archives: July 2011


Overcoming Overwhelm with Your internalGPS

It is uncanny how often my coaching opportunities relate to what I also need in my work or life. I have had numerous conversations about staying focused and energized in the face of, “too much to do” or “not enough time” or “I’m feeling overwhelmed with all these changes.” Pause Even for just a minute or 30 seconds. Stand up or sit down and breath, out with “I’m breathing out” and in with “I’m breathing in” and start with […]


Coaching Impossible Into Opportunity

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” – Charles R. Swindoll In the past couple months; I have had the great opportunity to coach two different teams using the amazing Team Advantage (linked) process. It has been a great experience on many different levels. But, last week, I realized that I had left out an important piece of the team plan for one of the teams. I can still see the […]


Coaching A Reality Shift With New Eyes

“The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –          Marcel Proust How you see things or your beliefs in the certain ways of things can hinder your feelings of freedom and choice and then these feelings limit your actions and it becomes a cycle of reality that justifies your beliefs and limits your discoveries. “The current housing market is limiting my choices. The current unemployment statistics limit my opportunities or are making […]


Coaching Your Pause Button 2

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” – Unknown I carried this quote around with me several years ago as a reminder. A couple weeks ago I  had a harsh reminder of it.  I was sound asleep in my comfortable hotel bed when the loud hotel alarm sounded, an obnoxious siren followed by a recording to “immediately evacuate, take the stairs, not the elevators.” In a daze, I threw on some clothes, grabbed my phone (no explanation for why just […]