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You're getting charged for this habit...and you probably don't even realize it
We all drag our feet sometimes.
Maybe you keep pushing off cleaning all the leaves out of the gutter.
Or just can't get around to re-securing a loose button on a shirt.Ā
Or can't summon the energy to catch up with family or friends.
Avoidance feels pretty trivial. After all, you'll just...
Dec 03, 2025
Filling the gap between who you are and who you want to be
Recently I've been talking about the idea of AAA.
When I start a coaching relationship with someone, I spend a lot of time asking questions.Ā
Sometimes uncomfortable questions.
Like, "Hey, so what got in the way of you doing that?"
And the aswer is usually something like, "Well, I don't...
Nov 19, 2025
Before you fix the 'how,' you need to fix the 'what'
There's a billboard on one of my drives that keeps catching my attention.
It says "We fix bad vision."
(I think it catches my attention because as a coach, I usually try to encourage people to say things in a more positive or affirming way:
"We help you see better" or "We help you see a...
Nov 05, 2025
What do you do when people don't want to change?
I've been processing some of the things going on in the world lately, along with things happening in my own life.
And sometimes when I process heavy things, I start to feel overwhelmed:
- What am I supposed to do with that?- What's my purpose in that?- How do I handle this?
I get so dr...
Oct 22, 2025
Are weedy thoughts choking what you want to grow?
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We're heading into winter soon so wanna tell this story real quick while it's still relevant.
So...Once a week the lawn people come and mow my yard.
And right after they mow, everything looks so good, and even, and level...
But by the next morning, inevitably, a weed has shot up out o...
Oct 08, 2025
When small tweaks cause major chaos
I hurt my knee earlier this week while cramming in some early morning yardwork.
You know the deal...when you think "Oh, I can just check that off the list real quick."
So out I went to do my annual fall chopping-of-the-clematis-off-my-trellis in my Adidas slides.
(i.e. not dressed parti...
Sep 24, 2025
Are you truly enjoying the chase?
"Find what you love and let it kill you."
To be clear, that's my dog.
She loves tennis balls. And I'm pretty sure that if she could, she'd chase them to fatal exhaustion.
The more I throw the ball, the more she runs after it.
She's huffing, puffing and panting and still running after it.....
Sep 10, 2025
Stop doing "stuff". Start moving forward.
Ever have times where you're like, "Dude, what am IĀ even doing?"
You spent the whole day doing stuff...but don't really know what it was.
Or you spent the whole day doing stuff...when you really should have been doing other stuff.
And at the end, all that "doing" ends up feeling like it d...
Sep 03, 2025
Life sabotaging what you want?
"I feel like I'm back to January 1st."
That's what a client said to me earlier this week.
"The kids are back to school and I can get back to functioning."
We like to think our personal lives don't have an impact on our work. But the reality is, it's all directly linked.
It's SO easy to ge...
Aug 28, 2025
How do you feel about conflict? (an honest question)
Today I'm here to ask the question: Conflict...is it really all that bad?
It doesn't feel good. That's for sure.
But it'sĀ been coming up a lot. So let's dig in.
For example in my world, recently a team member and I got on a video call (note I said video call - because we understand the va...
Aug 13, 2025
Which hat are you wearing today?
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Coming to you today to talk about something I'm hearing from a lot of you.
I don't know if it's because kids are home from school, or because of everything going on in the world, or if it's the kind of people (the "Do Everything"-ers!) who are being attracted into my circle.
But it's this...
Jul 17, 2025
Do you cling to things being removed from your life?
The other day I was feeling kind of low and in a bit of chaos, and needed to get a refresh.
So I spent some time in Hebrews 10...if you're not familiar, it's one of the books in the Bible in the New Testament.Ā
For me, God's word is where I go for insight, focus and reflection. (You might go ...
Jul 03, 2025
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