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March 3, 2020 by Angie Stegall Leave a Comment

Coaching for impact and insight

I LOVE waking up to emails from clients like this:

“Feeling so empowered and clear after our call yesterday. Thank you for coaching me through a messy morning. Talking with you creates quick and big shifts!!

My coaching is about IMPACT and INSIGHT, not about a certain number of hours together.

My coaching is about transformation, not simply finding solutions to the problems you think you have (because what’s keeping you stuck isn’t the thing you think it is).

Ready to get unstuck? Ready for some serious clarity?

Let’s chat to get you some insight that leads to lasting impact: https://lnkd.in/gwM5d-u

Jamie Templeton via Unsplash

Filed Under: Founders, Executives, and Leaders

March 27, 2019 by Angie Stegall Leave a Comment

Life is a journey

My life has been a journey, and an especially exciting and slightly chaotic one for the last eight years.

I met my husband Nelson on the internet in 2011. And when you’ve found your person, you know it. Soon after, I sold my house in Charlotte NC and moved to Kannapolis NC to live with him.

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Rafting the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

In 2013 we went on a life-changing 16-day, 225-mile Grand Canyon rafting trip on the Colorado River. I wrote a book about it called “Make Some Room.” Because of that trip, we started asking some BIG questions, which led to these events…

(c) Emily Nichols Photography

In 2014 we moved to Brevard, NC and got married three months later.
In 2015 we sold a crap-ton of our stuff and moved into a 5th wheel camper on a friend’s farm.

French Broad River (c) 2016 Nelson Stegall Photography
French Broad River (c) 2016 Nelson Stegall Photography

In 2016 we rafted 149 miles of the French Broad River over 13 days. Because of THAT trip, we started asking some other big questions, which then led to these events…

By late 2016, we sold our fifth wheel camper and moved into a short-term rental property.

By July of 2017 we’d shut down our businesses, sold almost everything we owned and bought a motorhome to travel the country. We took various subcontracting jobs (as built site surveyors, campground hosts, workcampers, etc.).

Alaska!

By December of 2018, we had put 20,000 miles on our motorhome and had driven across the US, across Canada, and up and back to Alaska.
Has it been easy? Sometimes yes, a lot of times NO. Has it cost us a lot? YEP. Has it gained us a lot? DOUBLE YEP.

Some of the story is my husband’s to tell.

But my part of the story…

By 2014, I was BURNED OUT. I’d been self-employed since 2003. I’d made three big shifts in business over that time. And by the time we moved to Brevard in 2014, I was no longer in love with my work. I was in the middle of dealing with a raging autoimmune disease that left me almost unable to function, much less get excited about sales, marketing, networking, and all the hustling I was used to doing for business.

So over the course of the 13-day French Broad River trip in 2016…when we concocted our crazy scheme to sell everything and hit the road in 2017… I was 100% on board. Eager to ditch it all.

Leaving it all behind wasn’t. I felt like a failure a lot of the time. I worried about what I was supposed to do with my curious mind and even curious-er gifts of helping people get clarity about where they were stuck. I kept working with a few treasured clients. They helped ME in ways I can’t even express.

Now, I’m back in North Carolina again, settled in for awhile to care for an elderly relative who needs us. But we’ll go back on the road full-time again one day. It might be soon, it might be years from now. In the meantime, we’ll be weekend and shorter-extended trip warriors, floating rivers, backpacking through the mountains, and seeing as much of the outdoors as we can.

AND…at heart, I’m a Wayfinder. I’ve spent my life finding my way towards what makes me happy. Towards what lights me up. Towards the things that give me LIFE.

And I’m putting together something so exhilarating, so thought-provoking, and very much made for people who also want to find their way towards what lights them up, towards what makes them happy, and definitely towards what gives them LIFE. And it is something we can do TOGETHER.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”


Hunter S. Thompson

Filed Under: Organization

March 27, 2019 by Angie Stegall Leave a Comment

Becoming

Michelle Obama "Becoming" book cover

I am a tiny bit obsessed with people and their “becoming” (or their unbecoming, which I really, really LOVE).

I’m re-reading Oprah’s interview with Michelle Obama from the December 2018 issue O Magazine. They are discussing Michelle Obama’s fabulous new memoir “Becoming.”

So many points in her story have her questioning what the hell is going on. What the hell is she doing. And she figures it out…

“I spent my of my childhood listening to the sound of striving.”

“I take you on a journey of who that little striving star-getter became, which is what a lot of hard-driving kids become: a box checker…I wasn’t a swerver. I wasn’t somebody that was going to take risks. I narrowed myself to being this thing I thought I should be. It took loss – losses in my life that made me think, ‘Have you ever stopped to think about who you wanted to be?’

Oprah responds, “What I loved about this is, it says to every person reading the book: You have a right to change your mind.”

And she talks about her law degree and work at a law firm and confesses to her mom, “I can’t do this for the rest of my life.” Her mom disagrees.

And she talks about Barack as being the opposite of a box checker and how he was swerving all over the place.

And she freely talks about marriage counseling and how it wasn’t what she expected. “It was about me exploring my sense of happiness. What clicked in me was that I need support and I need some from him [Barack]. But I needed to figure out how to build my life in a way that works for me.”

Gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh. There’s so much more here I could dissect. It’s marvelous to read her truths.

And it is such a lesson in inquiry about life. Are you happy? Peaceful? Satisfied? Fulfilled? If not, what needs to change? Often, people think fulfillment will come from fame or money or something outside themselves.

Really, though, contentment comes from three sentences from Oprah in this article: “What was so valuable to me – and I think will be for everyone else who reads the book – is that nothing really changed [with Michelle and Barack because of marriage counseling]. You just changed your perception of what was happening. And that made you happier.”

I could die happy right now for having read this lesson. So simple. Not necessarily easy. But life – and achieving happiness – can really be that simple.

Filed Under: Organization

August 24, 2018 by Angie Stegall Leave a Comment

Trust your gut

I remember sitting in a half-day VIP session with a long-term client and watching her strategize around her team and what was needed for the future growth of the business.

When she took a breath, I looked at her and simply said, “You are so good at this. You know that, right?”

And the look on her face surprised me because it was part disbelief and part pride.

This is a HUGE part of the work I do with my women business owners and professional women: helping them SEE their strengths and trust their guts (their intuition). Gently remind them to honor what they know and say out loud what they want.

For my clients, I’m a partner, a guide sometimes, an encourager other times. Every time I’m with a client, I’m a compassionate listener, holding space for anything need they need to talk about, whether it is on the ‘agenda’ or not.

Why do I care so much?

To be honest, the things my clients struggle with are things I have also struggled with. It has been an evolution for me to take pride in being a business coach, albeit one without an MBA or a coaching certificate (though I am working on that coaching certificate right now).

I’ve been reluctant to come right out and tell people how much I use my intuition (also known as ‘trusting my gut’) in my work. I’ve been fearful of sharing my deep relationship with Nature and God (I mean, what normal person gets messages from rivers and rocks, for goodness sakes? And what does it even mean??).

I have feared not fitting in. Being too smart. Wanting too much, and wanting it too fast. I have feared BEING too much and getting “too big for my britches.”

BUT – working gently with my thoughts and feelings, accepting my glorious “too much-ness,” embracing my kookiness and woo-woo side and trusting my gut has been hard but SO LIBERATING.

It took me forever to learn and be okay with wanting what I wanted. It took me forever to learn and be okay with being who I was, no filters, no faking.

Sometimes I still forget.

And then I go and do my work with my clients. They share their fears and frustrations. They talk about their too much-ness and wanting too much.

In these sessions, I get to settle into my compassion saddle, adjust our reins, and lead both of us back into hearts. We ride together towards the TRUTH of whatever needs to be said, accepted, and healed.

Some sessions with clients brings HUGE relief. We put an end to internal suffering. These are heart-filled.

Other sessions are all decision-making, planning, and strategizing. These are heady sessions where we get shit DONE.

I love my business coaching work for the combination of both the head and the heart. For you see, my clients – every single one – are SO SMART. They are professionals. Hustlers. Go-getters. Decision-makers.

BUT…

They are also humans. Flawed. Sensitive. Squishy. Tuned-in. Aware. Scared. Happy. Mad. Sad. Suffering. Rejoicing.

I can’t ignore one for the other. I welcome all parts of my clients to the table.

In fact, my long-time client Julie Bee of BeeSmart Social Media says it best in her recent testimonial:

“When I’m stuck in business or life, I go to Angie. Angie has helped me find my path on numerous occasions over the years. Decisions to hire employees, deal with a difficult client, or tear down a process and rebuild are always discussed with Angie before I pull the trigger. Angie has a few special skills that I rely on to help me make decisions. First, she always asks questions I’ve never thought of asking myself. Second, she has a unique ability to see situations from a completely different perspective than I do, often challenging the assumptions I’ve made. Third, she always helps me not only answer those challenging questions, but she also helps me identify the steps I need to take next. Finally, she’s great at helping me move through the pain of indecision and find the clarity I seek. I often refer to her as my bazooka that breaks down the walls that are halting my progress, because that’s what she does. She calls it Wayfinding, but it’s much more than that – I always have peace after speaking to Angie about any challenge I’m facing, and as a business owner, that is priceless.”

Gentle reader, may I help you find the peace and clarity YOU seek? I’d be honored.

Warmly, Angie

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P.S. May I ask you to share this note with one or two women business owners or women professionals who need some support? Someone you know who needs a partner who can address the head and the heart?

THANK YOU!

Filed Under: Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs, Mindset, Small Business Coaching, Small Business Ownership

July 24, 2018 by Angie Stegall Leave a Comment

Chop wood, carry water

chop wood, carry waterI was driving through the campground last week and wanted to share two miracles that happened. One was absolutely a message from Nature and one was a fourth repetition of a message I keep getting.

Miracle One: I was meditating on the idea of “chop wood and carry water” as I was slinging trash and scrubbing pit toilets (I’m spending the summer campground hosting in Alaska). I was thinking, “Gosh, I could be in a bad mood about this work that is neither glamorous nor fun. People could be judging me for doing a job that’s ‘beneath’ my skills and talents. Instead, I feel very happy. Peaceful. Calm. Meditative, even. ‘Chop wood and carry water.’ That’s all I have to do right here in this moment.” As soon as I completed that train of thought, about 10 feet above me, I watched a gorgeous bald eagle soar overhead.

Miracle Two: I keep getting the message to just show up. It happened twice one day last week. The next day as I was driving around, I was listening to a podcast. I lost signal at the back of the campground and the recording stopped working. I finished cleaning the final restroom and flopped down into the driver’s seat. Suddenly, the person being interviewed in the recording said, “You just have to keep showing up. Do the work and keep showing up.”

Gentle reader, this kind of stuff happens to me all the time and I freaking LOVE it. The Universe just keeps showing up for ME, giving me signs and signals and messages. And as random as some of the instruction and directions seem, I keep following them.

What signs and signals is the Universe sending you? Are you listening?

Filed Under: Mindset

July 24, 2018 by Angie Stegall 2 Comments

Radical kindness

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Radical kindess

An interesting thing has been happening as I’ve work with clients the last couple months. It’s more than a trend; I think it’s a cry from hearts that are ready to be healed.

Over and over, I’m speaking to clients about kindness. Not kindness towards the earth; not kindness towards others…we’re speaking about kindness towards themselves.

Radical, right?
I became acutely aware of this need for kindness towards myselfwhen I did a dream analysis with another coach. I’d had a dream that disturbed me deeply in which I hit a woman with my car. I wanted to deconstruct it because I was sure there was a message in there for me.
During the dream analysis, I received powerful messages from my subconscious about my journey on this earth, how I am here to serve, and how I’ve been denying my essential self.
One of the most powerful messages that came through was that I was showing up in the world as a “woman in a manhole” (that was a specific part of the dream). When I realized this translated to me trying to be a square peg fitting in a round hole, I gasped out loud and began to cry.
I felt like spirit was gently guiding me to embrace my woman-ness fully with love and compassion. To stop being so hard on myself. To stop pushing and striving and trying. It was the sweetest message and one that still feels inadequate when I try to put it to words. I hope you will forgive my fumbling as I try to share this story.
Since that dream, though, my client conversations have taken a radical turn. Now, they are beginning to focus deeply on self-care (and not the shallow kind, but the kind that nourishes and fills up a Soul with tender, loving care). We are exploring the “I’m not enough/I’m too much” lessons of childhood. And we are working to tenderly heal and allow all of us to show up in the world.
It’s magical work. Important work. Life- and business-changing work. It isn’t always easy, but the sweet tenderness that comes as soon as we say YES to our whole being…that is worth all the work, all the tears, all the frustration, and all the longing.
It. is. SO. worth. it.
Gentle reader, if this touches your heart – or scares the beejeezus out of you – it might your time to begin exploring all the parts of who you are, including the parts that you’ve pushed aside (because of tribe, training, or timing).
Is it your time to practice radical self-kindess?
I’d be honored to go on a healing Wayfinding journey with you.
Warmly,
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P.S. May I ask you to share this post with one or two women? Women who might be trying to fit themselves into a “man-shaped hole?” They long for ease, tenderness, compassion, and kindness, but feel like they can’t have them because of how the world is or how they’ve been taught to show up in it. My wish and desire is to help these women heal through radical self-kindess practices.
And I’ll say: this goes the other way for men, too. Men who desire to live a softer life. Who only feel the softening of their hearts when they are with partners or children. Men who have been taught that softness is weakness and vulnerability is dangerous. It doesn’t have to be that way, especially when we learn to show up from the inside out – powerfully grounded, balanced, and in integrity with our whole selves.
I’d love for you to share this email with someone who might be longing to hear this message. Simply hit “FORWARD” and send a copy their way.
Thank you.

Filed Under: Mindset

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