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Understanding our motivations is more than just a mental exercise. We’ve got all these parts that run the show. They are doing their best based (often) on outdated information. Parts work – IFS – has radically changed my life. I watch how it changes my clients’ lives for the better, too. It’s deep, important and […]

In the last couple weeks, I’ve said to clients: “But how do you WANT it to be?” “What if YOU are the authority on what you need to do?” “How much more FUN could it be?” “What do you know in your gut? How do you know it?” Often, business owners, founders, and executives hire […]

Sometimes your choices look like a binary. This OR That But with a little fresh air, some conversation, and another perspective, suddenly there are choices there you didn’t see before. And the fun part, they are good choices that whittle out the parts of THIS choice that you don’t like AND Carve out the parts […]

Forest Bathing + sit-spot practice happen with a few of my clients all year long. Rain, snow, wind, and on a couple of unexpected occasions, even in thunderstorms 😳 The different seasons offer so much variety. The cold of winter is enlivening and offers greater views when the trees are naked. Spring is when everything […]

A friend and I are dreaming (and maybe doing a little pre-planning…) If we put together a 5 – 7 day river trip out west… For summer of 2024 or 2025… With professional river guides who cook for you, set up tents, and row the boats… And the point of the entire trip was to […]

Someone recently asked me if I was a business coach. I said no. Because although I do work with a ton of business owners, Founders, and other career professionals, we don’t focus on the DOing of their business or work. We’re not setting goals, hustling hard, or “crushing it.” What we are focusing on are […]