When I started my business WAY BACK in 2003, I worked about 50/50 with men and women. Somewhere in those years, it switched to 60/40 men and women. In the last few years, I’ve worked almost exclusively with women (probably 10/90 men/women). I had a story that the kind of work I was doing only […]
How do we know?
I’m listening to a fascinating interview between Tim Ferriss and one of the people that I deeply respect Boyd Varty. He has mentored under Martha Beck, too. This morning, I’m pondering a question that Boyd posed: “How do we know when we know?” I hear a lot of people respond with, “I don’t know” when […]
Just BEE yourself!
“I want to see how far someone can go in their own thinking before they need mine.” – Nancy Kline Powerful coaching starts and ends with powerful questions. Because often the problem you think you have isn’t the actual problem…it’s just a symptom. Drawing out HOW you’re thinking often leads us in the direction of […]
When it’s finally time to stop suffering!
When someone finally decides it’s time to work with me, they are often in a place of stuckness. They’ve tried a lot of things that haven’t worked. They have a negative feedback loop of not-nice thoughts on repeat. I hear, “Don’t you get tired of listening to me?” and “I don’t know what I’m doing.” […]
Loving your parts!
One of the things I don’t talk a whole lot about is Parts work. I’m practicing it for myself with myself and I use a modified version with my clients when they are really stuck. The modality is called “Internal Family Systems” and it has been a HUGE game changer for me personally and for […]
She’s Hippie!
My practice is built through referral, mostly. Some version of “Angie is wildly different than other coaches but she is very effective” is part of the email introduction. I’ve also heard, “She’s way more hippy than I ever thought I’d work with, but she’s very effective.” <–That one made me laugh out loud. The people […]