Miscellaneous

Hello Meditation, my old friend I realized this week that I had fallen (a little) back into busyness. Not the frenetic kind that has gotten me in trouble before but a pace that did not allow for as much downtime. One morning I realized that there would be no time to fit in my usual […]

Connection Almost everywhere I turn my attention lately, I see a reference to Connection. Blog posts, Ted talks and even listening to people at work. Connection is a big deal but what is it and what is so important about it? I’ve started reading Deb Dana’s book “Anchored” which is a discussion on polyvagal theory

Spring and turning points… Spring is on the way, the temperatures are starting to creep upwards as the extreme cold of a Québec winter starts to fade. The sun seems to shine more often and I can hear the sounds of melting ice when I take my dog out during the afternoon. Daylight savings is

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity Roman Stoic Philosopher, Seneca the Younger is quoted as having said “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”  I once had an amazing manager who used to say this all the time and I have to admit, I’ve used it quite a bit myself. I consider myself a very

A painting of an Eagle An older piece of artwork was chosen to accompany today’s episode. It’s the first painting that I had done in 2020 after a break of several years and was inspired by the work that we were doing in my Personal & Business Performance coach training class with Canada Coach Academy.  We

Goals and how to approach them According to a Harvard study, 83% of people do not set goals. And, for those that do, there are varying degrees of success but the likelihood of bringing one to fruition increases depending upon how you approach it. For instance, simply having an idea has about 10% chance of

L is for Love A couple of years ago, I adopted the mantra LAF.  The cover art for this episode depicts the L and the F disguised as butterflies with a motorcycle helmet for the A. I still plan to get a simplified version of that, like a pencil sketch, tattooed somewhere on my person. Since

As a coach, I’ve learned to leave my own beliefs, values and attitudes at the door when working with a client. My job is not to influence the coachee to nudge them in any particular direction. Rather the task is to help them uncover a new sense of self-awareness that will empower them – to

Accountability Accountability is defined, in the Cambridge dictionary, as: “the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which this happens.” In an article on HabitsforWellbeing.com, Personal Accountability is defined as “continuously choosing consciously to take ownership for your life’” This resonates with me on several levels as it implies that it is something

Love change, fear staying the same. Maxime Lagacé Nothing to say… When I was working as a team lead in a past corporate life, I would often say “the only constant is change” as the latest curve ball was thrown us. We live in such a twilight zone kind of world right now where almost