Ideas for a Better Life

At the ICF conference, there were several people who I kept running into throughout the week. This is at a conference of over 1600 coaches. So I began to look deeper at what the message might be. One of these repeated encounters was with a coach, Mark D’Ambrosio. Mark’s story is remarkable in that he…

Last night, I attended the debut of the Baroque Orchestra of Colorado. You may have remembered from a previous post, this is culmination of a 10 year dream for my friend and coaching client, Frank Nowell. Several things struck me about the performance last night: As the artistic director of the orchestra, Frank made some…

I received an email from someone who read my post on Grace. There is one line from the email that keeps going through my mind: "Grace is God’s presence (wisdom, truth and love) poured over you in this time and place." What a lovely way to think about how one can be at peace with…

The following post was written last spring, before this blog was up and running. It seems particularly appropriate today. Last night, a family member was admitted to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Life continues to teach me about tough love and grace. I have a daily yoga routine that ends with a short meditation. In…

I was in a training class for advanced coaching skills recently. One of the things that I got out of the class was the idea that conflict is a signal of something new trying to emerge in a system. The system could be a marriage, a work team, or a small business. I remember when…