I'm a leadership coach, writer, and musician. I live in Bellingham, WA, USA with my partner Sara and kids Owen and Asa. I love to play music, be outside, and explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Lately, "leadership coach" just doesn't really convey what I do or reflect what I care most about. My hope is that "purpose coach" both differentiates me further from the crowd and is a clearer distillation of what I actually do.
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We sometimes overly center the role of healing in our lives. It's as if we believe the whole point of our life is to heal our emotional wounds, that healing is the end goal. It's not.
I've decided to run an experiment. Starting today, I am going to convene a second daily session of GET S*** DONE Work Group, from 8:45-10pm, Monday through Thursday, for at least the next few weeks.
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Perhaps the most transcendent and highest form of healing our own emotional wounds is to offer to the world what we needed but didn’t get.
Every time I find some excuse not to do the thing, I am just showing that I don't actually fully trust myself. Every time I show up and put in the work, the universe nudges me along toward what I most want for myself.
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Feeling successful has an alluring, habit-forming quality. You will naturally be drawn to do whatever makes you feel successful and proud of yourself.
