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From Exhaustion to Presence: A Transformative Practice
For years, photography guided me into presence. When my life took a turn I thought was for the better, which turned out to be for the worst, photography became the thread that led me back. Back to presence. Back to awe and back to joy. Through the lens, through walking in nature, through paying attention, I begun discovering something: My thoughts are not facts. And I am not my thoughts. This was a captivating revelation. The Discovery If we can notice our thoughts, then l
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Feb 276 min read


The Overthinking Trap: When “Being Rational” Becomes Self-Sabotage
“I'm stuck.” I hear this in conversations about careers, relationships, leadership, team development, community work, basically wherever we humans are trying to do brave things.. while having nervous systems. Here is what I came to believe: stuckness often isn’t a lack of options. It’s not even a lack of courage . It’s a devotion to thinking , specifically, the belief that if we think long enough, we’ll eventually earn certainty… and then we’ll move. Except we don’t move. W
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Jan 95 min read


Reaching Higher: Transformational Coaching, Creative Leadership & Vertical Development
There’s a moment many seasoned leaders recognize: “I have all the tools. So why does this still feel so hard?” You’ve read the books, attended dozens of training programs, survived the 360s. You know how to run a team, an organization, a transition, a strategy session. And still, some problems don’t respond to what you already know. These are the moments when the challenge isn’t asking for another framework – it’s asking you to grow. Not horizontally (more skills, more tips
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Nov 10, 20255 min read
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