Authenticity & Strategy Coach for Rebels with a Cause
“I was a fearful child. I’ve been a fearful man. I’ve rarely felt worthy…” This email from a very successful coach went on and on, using over 1,100 words (yes, I did a word count) to spell out his failures and fears. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated his candor; we need more emotion in [...]
I recently read an article about a man who got his arm stuck in a toilet while he was fishing for a dropped cell phone. He was stuck there for hours, but it could be worse. There’s the French grandmother who got trapped in her own bathroom for over three weeks. Or the 18 people [...]
When computers get bogged down and stop performing well, “defragging” is often the first step. It’s the process of sorting through all the fragments of files and programs that have been spread across the hard drive and grouping them back together in a way that the computer can easily access them. Imagine if you had [...]
I bet you have a growth mindset, dear reader. Rebels usually do; we love to learn and challenge the status quo. Growth often shows up in our top handful of core needs. But this whole idea of a growth mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset, has set up a false binary. All of my [...]
As a Rebel, you're a skilled dot connector.... but sometimes you feel like the odd-dot out, not woven into the fabric of mainstream life and work. Maybe you've adapted to fit the pattern instead of designing a pattern to fit you. The core principles of the Intentional Rebels transformation program are Authenticity & Belonging: finding your true [...]
Creating something brand new is messy. We rarely get it right the first time, and that's ok! Let's replace pesky perfectionism with play. As Edison famously once said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Since we're usually only permitted to see final results, I'd like to give you a peek behind the [...]
As you may know from last week's post, my brain tripped a fuse and I went into shut-down mode. At the time, I thought it was overwhelm… and it was, to a point. But the real issue was that my center had drifted back up to my head. And when I operate from my head, [...]
I found myself laying on my sofa this morning after breakfast, practicing deep, slow breathing to activate the relaxation center of my brain. Feeling the tears that come with the anxiety of hitting a wall, and holding space for all of it. I have missed my regular newsletters the past 2 weeks. I owe many of you an update [...]
If you're a "rebel with a cause" who's dazzled by too many possibilities, chances are high that you've drifted from squirrel to squirrel, shiny object to shiny object, job to job. You've accumulated a lot of tools in your toolbox, and gained so many diverse perspectives. All this feeds into your unique ability to pattern-match [...]
Imposter syndrome: those pesky feelings of inadequacy that can persist regardless of how successful we are in the eyes of the world. But is it really “imposter syndrome?” Sounds like a serious malady that might require a lifetime of therapy. Perhaps our culture has pathologized the natural nervousness that comes from growing into something new. [...]