Category Archives: Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

Approach the bear

A few nights ago I woke up with a dream fresh in my head.  In this particular dream I was walking by myself on an abandoned fire road in the middle of a deciduous woodlands on a winter’s day.  75 … Continue reading →

1 Comment
February 10, 2011 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

Taking it all in (how to receive appreciation gracefully)

I find myself in the spirit of dispelling common mind-traps, so I’m going to riff off of yesterday’s thoughts.  In the same period of time (my mid to late-20s) when I discovered I couldn’t count on anyone else to “save … Continue reading →

2 Comments
January 7, 2011 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

Everyone is afraid… even your boss

Growing up I had this idea that parents were invincible or at least they weren’t afraid of things.  Dark rooms, big museums, thunder storms, city streets – these things may have scared me but I could always look at my … Continue reading →

7 Comments
January 7, 2011 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

You can’t touch unique

You are inherently different than me and every single other person on planet earth. Unfortunately, the system of civilization we’ve built for ourselves doesn’t readily value that uniqueness.  Instead it wants you to fit into a category of worker – … Continue reading →

2 Comments
December 19, 2010 | Posted in Human-Centric Business, Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

The 5 steps of launching an idea

Through the coaching work I do, I’ve had great insight into how ideas are launched into the world.  These are the five steps I’ve observed: Unearthing Ideas – Through deep questioning you bring these ideas, concerns, projects, and interests to … Continue reading →

Comments Off
December 16, 2010 | Posted in Human-Centric Business, Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries, Uncategorized

The difference between waiting, picking, and creating

It seems to me that there are 3 ways you could solve a problem. You can wait for the right thing to come along.  Waiting for the right time, waiting for a big break, waiting for something to change, or … Continue reading →

Comments Off
December 15, 2010 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

Assessed your “inventory” recently?

So much time is spent looking forward and ahead on where you are going that all you ever see in your vision is that thing, or that place.  It’s really easy to forget that there in the future is really … Continue reading →

Comments Off
September 2, 2010 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

How we dismiss dreams and why we shouldn’t

Last night I attended a dream interpretation talk by Len Worley, a writer/speaker/therapist/rolfer/dream worker and Charlottesville resident. Now, regardless of how serious a person you consider yourself, no doubt you have dreams. Sometimes those dreams are magical, fantastical, sexual, and … Continue reading →

1 Comment
August 31, 2010 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

When Paralyzed by Big, Take Action in Small

You are an artist of life – we all are.  I have talked deeply with enough people to know that most, nearly all, of us have a life in mind that we are trying to build.  For some of us … Continue reading →

4 Comments
August 27, 2010 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries

Like an Iceberg, Your Strength is Beneath the Surface

You are an iceberg. With an iceberg, what we see on the surface is only 10% of the actual mass.  90% of the mass of the iceberg is beneath the surface. With a human, we are essentially our thoughts manifested … Continue reading →

1 Comment
August 26, 2010 | Posted in Powerful Communication, Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living