The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. Alan Watts I have definitely experienced this myself! When I tend to become heavy, slow, lazy, not pursuing what is deep in my heart, I become lifeless, depressed. Have you noticed this yourself?
Best Way To Predict Your Future
The best way to predict your future is to create it! And the first step to create anything is to be able to visualise it. So, remember often your dreams and break down your goals to realistic action steps. Basically, this is the job of a coach; to facilitate their clients to explore and discover […]
Double Bind game
Do you know the time when there is a quite stressful period at work and a friend tell you “Try to Relax“? I love this phrase! It is so contradictory, and the perfect example of a double bind, because try and relax obviously do not go together. And if you haven’t heard about it before, […]
Wheelchair Retirement
Nowadays, most of us strive our whole life for a Wheelchair Retirement. And what is it? It’s about retiring at 65, or more, and not having the energy or the motivation, that we have when we are younger. It’s living a life with unresolved passions and unfulfilled dreams now, only for a promised land in […]
Who Am I?
Am I a coach? Am I a father? Am I a man?Sometimes, I wonder what is this that describes me the best. And the more I contemplate on it, the more baffled I become. Still, at the end of the day, there isn’t a single attribute that can define me.There are not even two attributes […]
Actualising our Dreams
The very first step to actualise our dreams is to take our ideas out of our heads, to externalise them. For me, putting them on paper, breaking them down in a form of tasks works really well! A lot of people though, keep their dreams to themselves, they don’t share them with others, as they […]
I want to play the guitar like Eric Clapton
…me ego says. And my higher self replies: “No, actually you don’t!” …because if I would really, really, really love that, I would be dedicated! I would practice for, I don’t know, 6 hours every day – that is 42 hours per week, 3 whole months of practising in a year! And to be honest […]
What connection do Pink Floyd have with coaching?
Sometimes, I feel an emptiness inside me, as if something is missing. Or as if something has expanded, and now there is a space that needs to be filled. Sometimes, I feel that I am too old, that my years have passed.“Where did my dreams go?“, I wonder. They used to be always with me, […]
Cute Misfortunes and Zooming out
Last evening, I was looking at my son crying out loud, because it was time to go to bed. I found that cute though and I smiled, while I was wondering how he could see the bigger picture. Was there a way for him to just zoom out of his misfortune? The cute “misfortunes” of […]
Simple yet Important Questions
From the early stages of the movie Her, with Joaquin Phoenix, a handful of important questions are asked.
Who are you?
Who can you be?
Where are you going?
What’s out there?
What are the possibilities?