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Follow the White Rabbit ….

Apr 15, 2019 | Empowering, Growth, Metaphor Magic

Remember The Matrix? I haven’t seen it in a long time. But this week, I keep thinking of ‘Follow the white rabbit’. It’s the advice Neo receives when it’s time to wake up, right at the start of the movie. It’s what leads to the fight for survival of the ‘awake’ people...

Coaching questions that backfire: ‘what do you need to ..?’

Aug 29, 2018 | Coaching topics, Empowering, Metaphor Magic

This is the first post in a series, where we look at common coaching questions through the lense of Soul-based transformation. Why? Because the key things you have as a (future) coach are your ability to hold space, and the quality of your questions. These determine...

How you call in the sacredness in your work

Apr 6, 2018 | Coaching topics, holding space, Metaphor Magic

I am reminded again today of the sacred layers that we touch in this work. In a soul-based coaching session, we easily go deep. Not deep in analysis (never) or emotion (sometimes), but deep in the energetic layer of where meaning is created. The layer where old stuff...

Would you like to invite money to flow towards you?

Mar 30, 2018 | Empowering, Metaphor Magic

Dear You, On this Good Friday, it feels almost blasphemous to write to you and talk about money. But there you go. A very common belief gets touched about money being not aligned with God, with the good in the world. Of course, in itself, money is not good or bad. It...

The birth of something magnificent

Aug 3, 2017 | holding space, Metaphor Magic

Dear you, This morning, I got to witness the birth of something magnificent.. She came to me stressed out, overwhelmed with ‘to do’s’, caring for her family. Both her parents passed away this year, and somehow, over the years, she had given away more and...

Where is your power?

Sep 15, 2016 | Coaching topics, holding space, Metaphor Magic

Dear you, Have you noticed how your mind can kidnap you? Last week, in a Soul Journey session: Frustration in her voice. She had just unloaded all the things going on for her in her life. And how they kept getting in her way. A big sigh. And then the real issue came...