In my coaching, I notice that forgiveness is an issue that many people struggle with. Forgiving someone doesn’t mean that we approve of what (we think) they have done to us. When we can’t forgive, we keep giving someone else (or our past, if we can’t forgive ourselves) power over what we think and feel....
Years ago, when visiting a New York bookstore, I came across a book by Marianne Williamson, called: A Return to Love. This book made an enormous impression on me. I think the following quote from this book might stay in my memory forever. I would love to know if it resonates with you: “Our deepest...
Have you ever thought about the power of the words and phrases you use in your (every day) communication? Christy Whitman, a NY Times best-selling author, transformational leader, and one of my coaching mentors: “Words have such amazing creative power and it’s a start of all creation, based on if we are going to create...
Are you afraid of getting old? Then let yourself be inspired by the great example Clint Eastwood gives in this short video:
Last night, when I was trying to fall asleep, this beautiful Albert Camus quote kept running through my head: It reminds me of what the essence of coaching for me is all about: to be a client’s buddy (as someone put it in a comment on one of my previous posts). For as long as is needed,...
Could it be, that our enemy number 1 is not someone or something outside of us? Could it be that it is our own inner judge? The voice in our head, that pops up at the most unexpected (and unwelcome) moments, to tell us: You have not done enough, are not good enough, not worthy...
So, do you think that you need a Life-Coach? Are you sure? Really? Why do you think you need one? If you believe that a good coach will tell you what you should do, you’ve got it wrong. Luckily! That’s not the kind of coach you want. A coach: 1. doesn’t know what’s good for you....
