This one is inspired by Pamela Slim and her book, “Body of Work.”

What have you been preparing for your entire life? (Maybe without realizing it.)

Twenty-five years ago, when I started exploring consciousness, the mind-body connection, and meditation as a way to lessen my anxiety and panic attacks, coaching in business really didn’t exist.

And yet I was drawn to see what the boundaries were of both my own and others’ performance.

Every retreat I did, every book I read, every teacher I worked with for the next 25 years influenced how I began to think about this thing called coaching, and whether I might be good at it.

And the universe cooperated, with a layoff and severance that started me toward my new life.

Today, my life is completely different. I am a mountain biker, a skier, 25 pounds lighter. And I help people see through their self-imposed limitations to identify and live from their purpose as I strive to live from mine.

Twenty-five years of preparation and training. Much of it unconscious.

What have you been preparing for? Is it time to make the leap?

Are you interested in finding a group to explore this with? Contact me and I’ll tell you more.

(Thanks to Simon Sinek for inspiring this one.)

What do you believe that many people don’t?

I believe—

That most people hide.

That most people play it safe.

That most people have trouble declaring what they believe and stand for, especially at work.

That most people are capable of far more than they realize, if they could summon the integrity and courage to be true to themselves.

That there are times that cause us to rethink who we want to be in the world.

That for a lot of reasons, this is one of those times.

My experience is that the more I have been true to myself, to what I believe, and to what I believe is possible, the more unexplained synchronicities have occurred to support me in my journey.

In other words, be true to yourself, and the universe has your back.

Are you interested in finding a group to explore this with? A group that can help you find and live from your deepest purpose?

Contact me and I’ll tell you more.

Third question tomorrow 🙂

(Thanks to Christopher Carter Smith for inspiring this one through his Campfire Effect.)

What pain have you had that you don’t want others to have?

When I was a child, I didn’t feel like I was loved for who I was, but only for what I did.

I became a straight-A overachiever. I never felt like I could be or do enough, so I started having social anxiety and panic attacks.

With meditation and other deep personal work, I eventually learned not only to manage my anxiety, but also to get in touch with a deeper part of myself, a part that I could see had more value than anything external could give me.

That recognition helped me realize that each one of us has infinite value. And that each one of us has an inner genius, if only we have the courage to let it out.

I saw that I could help others avoid the pain that I had felt so intensely for so long.

Today, my purpose is seeing possibilities in others that they don’t see in themselves. And helping them live into those possibilities.

What is your purpose?

If you want to be part of a group that is learning to identify and live from their purpose, and looking to create ease and abundance by aligning to that purpose, contact me and I will let you know more.

Maslow said that we have a hierarchy of needs. That hierarchy, as he saw it, evolved over his life and writings. According to Scott Barry Kaufman, this was the hierarchy as of his death—

Safety
Connection
Self-Esteem
Exploration
Love
Purpose

My experience is that once our safety needs are fulfilled, we can leapfrog the other needs if we have a true sense of our purpose. When we find our purpose, everything else seems to fall into place. Synchronicities happen with ease. The people and resources (and yes, lessons) we need appear, seemingly out of nowhere.

Our purpose, though, isn’t about making a living or getting a title. It’s something deeper. Some reason that we are here, some way that each of us can use our unique talents to make the world better.

Sound like something that’s needed right now?

Of course this leads to the question, “How do I discover my purpose?”

I know of at least three ways. And I will post one each day for the next three days, and how each has helped me find my purpose.

Stay tuned…

And if you want to be part of a group that is learning to identify and live from their purpose, and looking to create ease and abundance by aligning to that purpose, contact me and I will let you know more.