In Life Skills Coaching we sometimes use blue-sky exercises to see the possibilities we have before us. We ask questions like “what would this situation look like in a perfect scenario?” or “what would that look like if you couldn’t fail?”. These are wonderful questions to open our minds to what is possible. When we …
Procrastination & Avoidance as Mood Regulators
I recently listened to a TED podcast hosted by Adam Grant, noted researcher & behavioural psychologist, that focused on the topic of procrastination. I’ve always been interested in this because I have found myself at its mercy over the years, but have recently made some strides in overcoming my blocks to starting something. In reflecting …
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Owning Your Vulnerability
When I take the time to reflect and try to be objective about an experience that I’m having, it gives me the opportunity to explore what’s below the surface. When I first learned about the feeling wheel, I really was amazed at how we can describe various emotions in such detail. As part of the …
Parallel U(niverse)s
You may have noticed that I like to explore metaphors & symbols as ways to make an idea more tangible & concrete. It’s a bit of a game to see how far I can push the boundaries of the metaphor before it becomes a bit brittle or forced. A book that I recently finished has …