This past year was life-changing for me. I found a place in my heart that I did not know existed…it was a place for ME. It's a place where magic happens, art is created, colors are brilliant, and life is FULL of joy. And it's also a place of near no-judgment, full expression, and complete honesty. It's not always an easy place to inhabit, but it's a loving place in which to sit. I owe so much of this new-found place to the group coaching experiences I've participated in with Allison Crow …
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Your Trigger is Your Teacher
Today, my Coach (Allison Crow) took me through a powerful exercise that I wanted to share. She called it “Your Trigger is Your Teacher.” I reported to her on our coaching call today that I was triggered/irritated/funked-out by some recent marketing copy that I’d read from another Coach. This is a Coach that I’ve never met in person but whom others in the industry respect VERY MUCH. And his words TRIGGERED ME. He suggested in his copy that one could become part of the 4% of elite coaches in …
Shame, Doodling, and Transformation
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That's why it loves perfectionists -- it's so easy to keep us quiet. If we cultivate enough awareness about shame to name it and to speak it, we've basically cut it off at the knees. Shame hates having words wrapped around it. If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it. --Brene Brown I don't know about you, but I've come a long way to …
Yoga is for Everyone: Why Body-Positive Yoga Matters
I am honored to present for you another guest post this week, written by my good friend Cheryl Breuer. Cheryl is a certified Curvy Yoga teacher and the owner of Verbena Yoga & Wellness LLC. When I started teaching yoga classes for bigger-bodied people, I got some pushback from the yoga community. “Yoga is for everyone!” they said. “People of all shapes and sizes are welcome in my classes.” I also got some pushback from yogis themselves. “I am a big person and I resent that you think …
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DiSC’ing the Fertile Fields
Earlier this summer I took a trip home to Central Illinois, where I grew up. While there, I stayed at my grandparent's old farmstead, which we lovingly called Snicarte (sny-car-tee). My grandparents, now deceased, raised 5 kids and many cows, pigs, and chickens on this 300+ acre parcel, and I spent many memorable week-ends, holidays, and summertimes there as a kid. That visit got me thinking about life as a farmer...and pondering the cyclical life of farmers. In the spring, farmers get out in …
