Musings on the beauty, mystery and magic to be found in nature…

“Outdoors” is a place we sometimes take for granted.  Instead, we shut ourselves inside, seeking warmth in the dark winter and air-conditioned relief in the sultry days of summer.   This May long weekend had many of us seeing outdoors through a more thankful lens, as Covid restrictions lifted slightly to let us safely enjoy more outdoor activities.  Walking, biking, splash-padding, golfing, shooting basketballs or playing tennis…

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Keeping your faith in the journey…

We’ve all faced a time when everything seemed to be going deeply wrong.   Whether it’s at work, in our community, in our family or on a personal level, sometimes it’s difficult to keep any faith in where we’re going and how to get there.   The professional coaches at The Coaching Lens have all survived some of those frightening and trying times and they too struggled to…

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Hire Spock…

We'd like to share Jeff's story, an Aha! Leadership Moment about what we can learn from our tv hours spent watching the Starship Enterprise boldly go where no man (or woman) has been before.  Even Captain Kirk could have used a little help honing his coaching skills out there in Space, the Final Frontier!   Jeff's Story -- An Aha! Leadership Moment inspired by Star Trek Most…

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Why are New Year’s Resolutions so darn hard to keep?

It’s easy to make a laundry list of New Year’s Resolutions and many of us optimistically make the same ones every year.   So why does all that good intention and enthusiasm peter out and what can we do to keep it going? As professional coaches, we’re all about helping people to make significant change in their lives and to reach achievable goals so we’ve seen a…

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