May 19, 2008 Starting Over

I’m back for real.  Making all those decisions that starting over requires – Forgetting vacation is not hard; the vacation disappears –But recreating myself is hard; a week without myself is strange.  Because nothing else stops when I do and I don’t have externally provided routine to get me going.

So I’m back.  My daughter’s moving; another is having my 8th grandchild (a son) – And most important, I’m renewing my commitments.  Vacation is over.  I will no longer drive over 55 MPH.  I am committed to minimizing plastic.  I’m committed to listening to the people I trust to coach Me.  No more fucking with my diet.

I stand for environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment.  I promise  you to provide joy and satisfaction in harmony with Earth.  I am grateful that I can take this stand and make this promise.

May 17, 2008 I’m Back!

A vacation in Cape Cod – the only bad things were getting there and returning — a normal 5+ hour drive took over 8 hours each way.  Was it the rain?  Was it Friday? Both?  Nancy and I loved even the travel.  It’s rare to spend that much time together, but really — together.  Enough to have us overjoyed at arriving there…when plain joyed would have been enough

My favorite was finding this organic farm a few miles outside of Falmouth.  What got me was their collection of field greens, including edible flowers…Flowers!!  Who knew??  Nasturtiums…Spicy and wonderful.  Owned by a couple from Ghana.

It was cold, ridiculous for mid-May; never wore short sleeves all week.  Cold; don’t think of a wine-tasting as being for warmth.  ’nuff.  My inbox has well over 500 emails and I have to readjust to being here.

May 8,2008 Dancing and Praying

Things work out.  But you can’t know that until they do.  So you have to put in every effort — dance like there’s always music — pray because you know you’re not alone.  And have gratitude for the ending.  Because they do work out.

You don’t need to hear stories; you have yours.

Stay true to your commitments, your vision, your purpose, your mission.  You’ll define yours for yourself.  When therre’s too much going on, relax – that’s the way you want it, even though it’s messy.

Mine is simple – to empower people to have joy and satisfaction, to live fulfilled lives in harmony with earth… to make real a sustainable environment, spiritual fulfillment and social justice.

April 29, 2008 Gratitude

Sunday is World Laughter Day…never new that.  We need more laughter. Be grateful for the human comedy.

I take specific time every day to be grateful – though spontaneously, not scheduled.  Certainly, whenever I have down feelings, I remind myself of the wonders of life – simple sunlight, a spring rain, the miracles of my family, the blessings of having friends.  Gratitude is a very high state of being – sends out great vibrations.  And, I’m sure, attracts great vibrations.

I am convinced of the validity of Me to We coaching.  In fact the path to a winning future is creating a Me to We world.  Gratitude can lead the way, replacing resentment.  With resentment you forget what to be grateful for.  With gratitude you can enviion a sustainqble environment, spiritual fulfillment and social justice.

March 30, 2008 ‘ere We Go

Baseball is gearing up.  I didn’t know that there was a Civil Rights Game (this was the 2nd annual)… And I found out that Memphis has a Civil Rights Museum…never thought I would learn about America from a spring baseball game.  And if this educates you as well…great.

Last night was “turn off the lights” for an hour to acknowledge Earth Hour.   Of course, they didn’t recognize this in the baseball game — Unfortunate, because a living planet is essential for civil rights.  I confess, I kept the television on, sort of intentionally not knowing I should have kept it off…found it on the front page of CNN’s website, but – strangely, not the NY Times – the Times has it – but not featured.

Did anyone in Washington pay attention? Many cities in the world paid attention.  No one on my block did.  My commitment is for a sustainable environment, social justice ans spiritual fulfillment for the planet.  So I care and intend that we paid attention.

March 26, 2008 Nancy’s Home

Wednesday’s the day that Nancy works at home.  I’m still adjusting.  I think my buggest ine is that I need to wear headphones to listen to music – it distracts her.  But her presence keeps me on track.

I am very excited, getting ready to launch my teleseminar on Coaching 2.0.  This method of coaching makes results more accessible and immediate.  I’ve said before that one of the main things is that insights are contagious.  And the other, that I articulated yesterday is that Coaching 2.0 gives each participant an opportunity to contribute.  And it’s much easier to contribute to someone who contributes.  Normally, everyone wants to contribute, but nobody wants to be contributed to.

Stay tuned.  I’ll be talking about this as we lead up to it. 

I’m clear that giving this technique to you furthers my own mission, which is  to inspire and empower people to live fulfilled lives in harmony with Earth.

February 29, 2008 Extras

I wonder if I’ll write this date again for this journal.

I met this morning with Scott Rosen, owner of Transformations to talk with him about coaching.  He has formed a remarkable Holistic center and is trying to develop the coaching component.  What was interesting to me was noticing my own thinking about how to do it – not something I’ve thought about, but something I enjoyed thinking about.

I’ve long thought that creativity comes from commitment, that pressure (this wasn’t) is a spur to creativity…Some people see it as a hindrance, but that’s because they’re concerned about the pressure, not empowered.  This will create a new avenue to the future for me.  Because context is decisive and this will include many more people in my stand for spiritual fulfillment, social justice and environmental sustainability.

February 28, 2008 Awesome coaching

Last night was our session of Awesome coaching.  And we each spoke of our individual situation with our goals.  The rerason I think of this as Coaching 2.0 is that each person on the goal has an opportunity to become ‘the coach’ for whoever is speaking.  This works wonderfully.

Last night developed a common thread among each of us, something we knew but really needs to be highlighted.  That is:  The context we have for a goal is decisive in how we see and create our efforts to move forward.  If you don’t know that, I’ll say it in two different ways – 1-what is your overall vision that led to the goal?…2 – Why is your goal?

For example, one participant has a physical fitness goal and she hates doing sit-ups.  But she saw that she was seeing this as a chore and that she could create a context where she would love the effort, the discomfort, etc — like ‘I’m creating a sexy body.’  Another person shifted the context for decluttering. 

I saw that I’ve been looking at selling my books as a profit center.  The truth is that people who buy them will love them.  They provide value and enjoyment.  That creates a whole different context for selling the books and this shift in context will reflect in how I do this.

It’s important that I keep the context for my life, my overall commitments, what I stand for always present.  So I tell you I stand for spiritual fulfillment, social justice and environmental sustainability for all of us.  Everything I do is in service of that vision.

That’s why I commend my coaching to you – the free 6 session seminar started Monday and the Awesome coaching can be joined at any time; It is scheduled for Wednesdays.

February 18, 2008 Excitement

This was a very peculiar weekend.  I’ve written about some of it, about my asthma attack yesterday.  Well, I’m starting to learn about my own body and mind  and it has been a difficult, though ultimately rewarding, learning experience.  I used to pride myself on my unawareness, confusing it with a kind of macho – I’d make fun of Nancy because of her sensitivity, never realizing the price I’d paid for not being aware.

First – medication had always stopped my asthma.  Curing it naturally — it lasted through the next day and even today.  No fun.

My biggest insight was that I had put down curing asthma as a goal and that’s why I was doing this change in my regimen.  But I saw it was, “might as well try this” without believing it would work…  I wasn’t committed to my commitment.  I didn’t believe in my own goal (and I’m a coach!)…  That’s the source of cheating.

February 17, 2008 – Another Transformation

Yesterday I erote about Chuck E Cheese.  But after I got home I had an asthma attack.  I’ve written that I just started a homeopathic regimen.  This was my first test.  Changing my regimen has evidently removed the “protection” that years of medication provide.  Rather the accumulated medicines masked my body’s sensitivity, keeping the fundamental sickness hidden.

As I become more like a thorobred and less like a mutt, I become more aware of my body, quicker to react when something is amiss.  Anyhow, I responded to the asthma attack with my homeopathic remedy, rather than my asthma medication.  And I came out of it much faster than I would have.  I was very surprised and gratified.

I realize, thought, that my diet needs to be much healthier – I can’t afford to cheat any more.  When I took a stand for environmental sustainability, I didn’t realize I was talking about my own personal one, that the spiritual fulfillment would be my own, that the social justice was mine.