If I lose myself I lose it all
Category archives: stories
What would it take…
… to be kind?… to answer a note?… to let someone know of an outcome?… to get in touch, mention how something or someone inspired you?… to show up, even if the only person you’re showing up for is yourself? I think we sometimes underestimate the value we’d contribute or the impact we could have, …
Wherever you go, go with all your heart
Today’s reminder is that… Wherever you go, go with all your heartThe way that you planned it at the start/So sing like a bird or like a kidRemember the days when that’s what you didWhere is that smile that used to breakSunlight in the morning on your face
alright
Choices can be a scary thing. Cliche AF and yet Alabama says… I have found at lastThat if I wanted toI’d be alright.
Better at…
… mistakes We grow up being taught that mistakes are bad, and we get punished for them. Then we spend adulthood teaching ourselves that mistakes are good, and we can learn and grow from them. Isn’t this one of life’s beautiful-with-a-dash-of-sadness ironies? As kids, we says ‘yes’ wholeheartedly until one day something happens and we …
Dear Frank,
Haven’t written to you in a while now. There’s no excuse, and please don’t think I’ve been ignoring you. On the contrary, I have been paying close attention to my fears and thoughts, listening and noting how I think and feel, how my body moves and where my mind goes. Dearest Frank, as you well …
Being seen by others
Sometime this summer, I had this idea or need of an intimate meet-up, a combo of an accountability group and mastermind mash-up, delivered in an online setting and comprising of similar-in-view, yet different-in-perspective folks. I sat long and thought hard about who and what and when, because bringing people together is always a feat and …
Read, read, read – a plea for reading
A few weeks ago, I came across a perspective with which I disagree profoundly. The premise was somewhere along the lines of ‘the lack of self-development is also caused by lack of reading, especially of specialized books; you might as well read twenty books of fiction a month, it’s for nothing if you don’t read …
Here there be dragons
Dragons, eh?! I bet there’s not one of us who wasn’t told or read a story about dragons when he/she was a wee child. What I think was most wonderful about these stories (my grandma used to tell me a lot of them!) is that they’re inevitably about courage or conquering your fears or pursuing …
Compound Coaching
Coaching is an amazing experience to go through. As a coachee, it allows you to experience the generosity of others. As a coach, it means adopting a posture of generosity and curiosity and serving. Back in February (it’s July as I’m writing this), I had the pleasure of going through a coaching session with two …