Wheel of Life
October 7, 2010
Would you consider driving down the road with a flat tire? Or riding your mountain bike on rough terrain with a flat tire?
We do something very similar every day. We roll through life feeling out of balance. It might be between our business and personal lives. Or between our values/intentions and our daily living.
I resisted the WHEEL OF LIFE and BALANCE Jenness Hall, my first life coach, wanted to explore it with me. Oh dear Jenness, I apologize now, especially given how often I use the Wheel of Life or some variant in my own coaching!
Could it be I was resistant because I knew I was out of balance? I wasn’t happy. My values and the life I was living were not in synch.
Using my hand (4 fingers, thumb, and palm) I instinctively used a wellness model to check in with myself. The palm of my hand represents my center.
Fingers and thumb are parts of my life – physical, occupational, emotional, social, and intellectual. Oh, sometimes I give them different names. Parenting, partnering, vocation, health, friendships …
And my palm centers me.
We all get knocked off center sometimes.
I’m curious:
Where is YOUR center? What do you do to regain balance and come back to your center?
Coaching for a Cause.
October 1, 2010
Many coaches, and I’m peaking in the life/business/career coach not the athletic sense, offer a complimentary session to introduce clients to coaching style, persona, and then offer a package of coaching if you wish to continue.
I “Coach for a Cause.” If a prospective client writes a (tax deductible) check to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) I offer them what be may be called a sample session.
It’s win/win. The prospective client gets a tax deduction, feels good about helping a cause, and I honor my passion of raising funds for the NMSS – which will eventually help me. Maybe one of the dollars I raise will find the cure.
I live with the constant companionship for multiple sclerosis. A chronic progressive illness.
Coaching for a Cause lets me introduce that fact, and move on.
I’m curious.
What (or you) are your constant companions?