If you’re feeling stuck in your work, it could be the tyranny of perfectionism. โNothing can be beautiful that does not take a calculated risk with ugliness.โ ~ Alain de Botton “I can’t do it,” my client, Carrie said. “I mean I literally cannot even get started. The woman who routinely cranks out all kinds of…
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The Anxiety of Change
Transformation can lead to the anxiety of change, even if the changes are inherently good. โStress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.Nothing is that important.โ ~ Natalie Goldberg My client, Trey, and I took advantage of a bright, unseasonably cool, summer day recently and decided to have our coaching session on foot….
The Map of Us
Everything we are is already in us, making up the map of us. “I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven,and I will look down on my beautiful life.” ~Yayoi Kusama A major exhibition of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, is on view at the NY Botanical…
Judgment and Journals
Judgment is the enemy of creativity. How do we manage judgment to let creativity flourish? “To keep a journal is to learn how to play. Deeply. Even when a page is recording hard, impossible things, if judgment is suspended, there’s always a surprise or shift. Connections made over time suddenly link, opening and transforming.” ~ Alexandra Johnson…
How to Thrive in Uncertainty
It can feel nearly impossible to thrive in uncertainty. Uncertainty is uncomfortable, even painful at times. โPain is weakness leaving the body.” ~ Justin Taylor, personal trainer I grunted and snorted as I tried to do the “crab walk” across the gym floor. My arms and legs were already blown from 45 minutes of weight training…
How to Become Unforgettable
โSomeone asked me, ‘What does it mean to be unforgettable?’ and I answered,‘Being unforgettable means having an absence that is felt just as muchas your presence.” ~ C. Joybell C. My cellphone rang a mile before the end of “the good service area” on the winding, mountain road. I debated whether to pick it up…