Thoughts on coaching, primal questions, and the hard work of honest change.
Erich Roehl, a fellow Primal Question coach, has a line he says he shares with his clients over and over (I found it recently in a Primal Question newsletter): Excuses are just reasons you would…
If you’ve ever wondered — do I need a therapist, or a coach? — you already know it’s not a clean answer. The internet will…
My heart goes out to the man who does his work when the “boss” is away, as well as when he is at home. […] The world cries…
Elbert Hubbard, A Message to Garcia
A few years ago I took an assessment that did the one thing most personality tests don't: it told me something true about myself. Annoyingly…
I can spend a whole day being incredibly busy and produce absolutely nothing. And I never feel lazy doing it, because it is work. Real…
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
If you’ve ever been depressed and tried to tell someone about it, you know the look. There’s a half-second pause. Then the pivot. “Have you…
I shared this message at Generations Church in 2020. Sharing my story in a small Celebrate Recovery group on a Friday night is one thing…
This is the true joy of life: the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of…
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
If you’ve been following my blog lately, you may have noticed a pattern. I wrote about my approval addiction. I wrote about my ongoing battle…
If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you already know resentment is bad for you. You’ve heard the metaphor about drinking poison and expecting…
A few years ago I had the opportunity to speak at Generations Church as part of a series called “7 Words That Will Change Your…
There’s a short film called It’s Not About the Nail that cracks me up every time. A woman is explaining to her partner how she…
You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Irish saying
Hi, my name is Justin, and I’m an approval addict.There, I said it. If you’ve ever found yourself rehearsing a conversation in your head for…
For a long time, I thought integrity meant being the buttoned-up guy who never messes up. The stuffy shirt who looks down on everyone else.…
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing…
Jacob Riis
What’s brown and sticky? A stick. It’s a dumb joke, but it’s one of my faves. I am a dad after all.It also happens to…
Recently I’ve started following the work of James Clear. He seems to be (at least trying to be) a 21st century version of Stephen Covey or maybe…
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