In this episode, we talk about compulsive liars and discover the thing we all have in common with them. Even though most of us don’t intentionally lie, we actively create our own reality through the choices we make about whe…
The technique of interviewing your feelings is one of the most useful practices I’ve discovered during my years of coaching. This technique can have an immediate and transformational impact on your life. And it can lead to q…
Adult mayflies live only a day. Clouds, too, have a fleeting existence. We wonder, “What is the point of something so ephemeral? How do we connect with the idea of having no past or future?” Join me as I ponder mayflies and …
We can look at pretty much any collection of facts about ourselves and decide we’re not measuring up. For a lot of us, this has become a habit. Many of us subconsciously believe we need to criticize ourselves in order to imp…
A harmonious life happens when the parts of your life combine into a pleasing whole. When you’re in a state of peaceful existence and agreement. When you’re taking action that feels congruent. In this episode we address 4 wa…
Tune in for a delightfully honest and far-ranging interview with lawyer and life coach, Angela Han. We talk about the real reasons Angela went into law and later left her law practice to coach full time, the importance of hu…
You don’t need to make a big leap to improve your life. A series of small leaps will take you where you want to go. This episode is about how decide whether to take a leap, big or small. Each time you’re at a crossroads, you…
There are times we each feel submerged in the overwhelm and complexity our lives. Our problems strike us as complicated and difficult to resolve. We often miss the simple solutions available to us. When we face too many deci…
Before you set your goals for next year, there’s one question I’d recommend you ask yourself. This question will reveal answers, possibly surprising answers, about what’s most important to you. Your answers will provide usef…
“I’m SOOOO busy.” My guess is you’ll hear yourself – and the people around you - saying this A LOT over the next few weeks. Perhaps this is a constant refrain for you all year long. Let’s face it, there’s a part of us that s…
Nature helps us discover a depth of beauty in our surroundings that connects us with who we are. In this episode, I share the reason I’m spending more time in nature, how doing that is elevating the way I think and feel, and…
If you doggedly stay within the role you’re playing, you’ll miss out. And the people around you will miss out on your full genius. All the different roles you play in various contexts have one thing in common – you! When you…
In this super fun episode, my amazing, wise and entertaining peer coach and lawyer friend, Angela Han, interviews me on her podcast, Fit to Practice . Angela has kindly let me share her recording on The Unlikely Artist . I t…
We can get over-coached, over-instructed, over-advised. Even if our coaches, mentors, teachers and instructors are the best in their fields and have valuable ideas to share with us. Our desire to learn and grow, to keep gett…
A commitment to stick to your plan is not a prescription for a happy life. When you try to plan as if you knew ahead of time exactly where you’re going, you might feel more in control. Unfortunately, the control’s not real. …
When we slow down and ditch our impatience for things to be different, our world opens. Our best ideas surface when we stop rushing. When we allow ourselves time to breathe. When our cortisol levels drop and we lose the stre…
We tend to secretly believe that our perfectionism is a good thing. We believe it means we have excellent standards. That’s why we feel proud when we share with someone, “I’m a perfectionist”. In this episode, I want to make…
The same obstacle that impedes an artist’s creativity will also dull your shine, even if you’re a person with no creative aspirations. In this episode, I describe 4 situations where an artist’s creativity was challenged by t…
Sit back and enjoy this interview with Jeff Madoff as he shares his wisdom about creative careers and business. There’s lots of relevant information in this episode for you to digest, whether you’re pursuing a creative caree…
You don’t need mystical visions, like my own story about the visions of me painting, for your life to take a magical turn. You just need to develop the skill of listening for the stories the silenced parts of you want to tel…
In this episode I share how being pickpocketed in Italy (See episode 70) catapulted me into a search for joy in my coaching business and art and led to me making some major decisions. Joy and happiness are sometimes used int…
This episode is about the feeling of bittersweet – sadness and happiness mixed up together. The stuff of life. For me, bittersweet is a signal I’m fully experiencing life. I’m putting myself out there. I’m vulnerably connect…
Beauty calls to all of us in some way. It beckons us with its promise that things are alright. The world’s alright. The world’s magical. Beauty helps us fall into a feeling of awe, wonder and gratitude. Life really sucks som…
If you obsess about your goals and are constantly anxious about achieving them, your life isn’t as fun now as it could be. This episode offers you a way to stop striving and feel good now. I got the idea for this episode as …
