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Emotional Agility & Leadership Coaching with Leah Halvorsen

To be, or not to be…

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Hello again. Sorry for being away so long. I have determined that I will blog when something scratches at the inside of my head, and demands to be let out. This is one of those times. Here is the “story” that is in my head today. I have seen this repeated again and again (in…

Celebrate

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I just realized something…. I just (I mean JUST) completed my 2000th session as a Professional Life Coach. This means I have said 2000 “hellos”, 2000 “talk to you soons” and sat nestled in, for a mysterious adventure 2000 times. I am honored. Today I celebrate every one of those 2000 times. I celebrate each…

Slip Sliding Away

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So, under the heading of “doing something new”, I went for a “float”. No, not the ice cream and soda variety, but rather the sensory deprivation kind, where you get to step away from your physical body and really let go. This involves being inside a pod with 11 inches of highly-salinated water (buoyancy guaranteed,…

What do car washes and intimacy have in common…

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As I stand here washing bug guts off my van and reflecting on the fun road trip that put them there, I am struck by something. A few years ago, I would resist cleaning “fun” off my van for as long as possible. The dust and footprints reminded me of the fun I had, and…

Resisting the Unresistable…

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Resistance. It is what happens that makes us try to stem the flow of things. It is what makes us try diligently to stop things that are unstoppable, or hold back experiences that must happen. We ALL do it. I was just doing it (where do you think the inspiration for this article came from?)…

Hold On…

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Everyone who terrifies you is 65% water. Everyone you love is made of stardust. I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last 2%, but… Nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are…

The Discomfort of the Christmas Bear…

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I was just struck by something. Do you remember what it was like to be waiting, and waiting for Christmas? The sweet agony (or just agony) of not knowing what Santa would bring, and if it would be the thing you REALLY wanted? Oh the days dragged, and the excitement and tension in your belly…

BEcoming…

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Last night I watched the documentary “Becoming Chaz”, which is a documentary about Chastity Bono’s journey to becoming Chaz Bono. While we could discuss at length the issues facing the Transgender community (all worthy of deep discussion), today I am compelled by soemthing else–BEing and ONEness. The story that is echoing through my head is…

Houston…can you hear me?

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I am back in the saddle again! After a Summer and Fall of ongoing technical issues and frustration, I FINALLY have full access to my website again, and am migrated to a new webhost who can meet my needs. What’s important about this?–I’ll tell you. I avoided these technical tasks for a long time. I…

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

~ Mark Twain
2017-10-30T21:40:52+00:00
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ~ Mark Twain
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.

~ Henry Ford
2017-11-03T19:26:14+00:00
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. ~ Henry Ford
No punishment anyone might inflict on us could possibly be worse than the punishment we inflict on ourselves by conspiring in our own diminishment.

~ Parker Palmer
2017-11-03T19:26:48+00:00
No punishment anyone might inflict on us could possibly be worse than the punishment we inflict on ourselves by conspiring in our own diminishment. ~ Parker Palmer
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

~ Rumi
2017-11-03T19:27:27+00:00
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? ~ Rumi
You could say it is the feeling of healing, coming home to myself after a long seperation.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:27:57+00:00
You could say it is the feeling of healing, coming home to myself after a long seperation. ~ Tama J. Kieves
It seems that guidance is a lot like candlelight. It lights up a room or a moment at a time. I can see where I am right now. I can’t see where I am going. But I bring this flicker with me as I step forward.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:28:20+00:00
It seems that guidance is a lot like candlelight. It lights up a room or a moment at a time. I can see where I am right now. I can’t see where I am going. But I bring this flicker with me as I step forward. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Choosing our actions instead of reacting can change the course of history, or at least the course of our lives.

~ Melody Beattie
2017-11-03T19:28:46+00:00
Choosing our actions instead of reacting can change the course of history, or at least the course of our lives. ~ Melody Beattie
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

~ Winston Churchill
2017-11-03T19:29:10+00:00
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill
Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:29:41+00:00
Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know. ~ Tama J. Kieves
Well-meaning people will say well-meaning things that will make us feel foreign and tilted for wanting to walk this world another way.

~ Tama J. Kieves
2017-11-03T19:30:07+00:00
Well-meaning people will say well-meaning things that will make us feel foreign and tilted for wanting to walk this world another way. ~ Tama J. Kieves

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