The Personal Journey

I recently read an article about Anne Porter, a 95-year-old poet who published her first volume of poetry when she was 83 years old. She writes about what it’s like to be old, as in this verse from "Old in the City": You stay away from doctors, They’d send you to the hospital, Where pieces…

I just returned from the International Coach Federation annual conference, where I was a presenter on LEGO SERIOUS PLAY with my colleague, Robert Rasmussen. Robert and I had a great time, seeing coaches play, learn, and realize the potential for this tool in their work with clients. In the days following the session, attendees approached…

Note: The folllowing post was written in June 2006.  For some reason, I was reluctant to publish it at that time.  Now, it seems perfectly appropriate. So here it is. I have been wondering how our life experiences can be so perfectly designed. Recently, I visited two friends who live in the foothills outside of…

During a coaching session, a client stopped to yell at her dog, who had left the allowable range of his radio collar and chased after a squirrel.  The threat of a zap from the collar had not deterred him from going after something enticing and interesting. Everything in front of me is fodder for coaching,…