First, no matter who you choose at whatever point you are in your life – you’re making a great choice to better your life! The difference between Coaching and Counseling has to do with where they start and where they finish. Counseling Today states that life coaches focus on creating a new path in order[…]
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” – Acts 2:42 (NRSV)“Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.” – James Lane Allen Life in the age of pandemic – trying times indeed. If ever there was a season that has revealed much to us about[…]
Why do inconsistent behaviors so often accompany exorbitant professions of good intentions? When a man turns his back upon someone and walks away, it is so easy to see that he walks away, but when a man hits upon a method of turning his face towards the one he is walking away from, hits upon[…]
Conor: Your stories never made sense to me. The Monster: Because humans are complicated beasts. You believe comforting lies, while knowing full well the painful truth that makes those lies necessary. In the end, Conor, it is not important what you think. It is only important what you do. Conor: So what do I do?[…]
Although the Christmas holiday season has come and gone, I’ve been thinking about a scene from one of my favorite holiday movies, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The film was released in 1987. Steve Martin plays the role of Neal Page, a successful but buttoned-up marketing executive struggling to make it home for the holidays. In his[…]
I was very active in Boy Scouts in my youth. Part of the appeal was that I lived in the Samoset Council in Wisconsin. And we had Camp Tesomas (purposeful play on words). Camp Tesomas was where “Camping is King.” Tesomas was the only camp whose logo was designed by Walt Disney himself. While[…]
My Life’s Issues Blend Together When I feel stuck in a certain area of life, it feels like an immediate wound that needs attention. So, do I need to focus on that area? Not all the time. Our lives are like a bike wheel with many spokes. A good coach will assess if other areas[…]
Books I Recommend There are many great books out there that support the work I embody:
Something wasn’t working for me. Basically, Life. I was in a career quandary. My relationship with my lovely wife was a shambles. I think my kids were scared of me. Life wasn’t working for me. I was stuck. Just being aware that life isn’t working was a big deal. I tried some counseling and that[…]