Monthly Archives: October 2008

Seize Your Wild Want

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 31, 2008

I was re-reading This Time I Dance by Tama Kieves this week when I came across a passage that really rang true for me. I think it makes a great follow-on to my recent leap of faith post.
 
Tama is an ex-corporate lawyer turned creative writer and coach. She has this to say about following [...]

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Why We Sometimes Need To Make A Leap Of Faith

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 24, 2008

  
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a prettily preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways in a shower of gravel and party shards, thoroughly used, utterly exhausted, and loudly proclaiming: “WOW…what a ride!”
 
I love this quote.  I’m not too sure who said it – I’ve [...]

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3 Simple Steps To Put An End To Worry

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 17, 2008

I’ve been thinking a lot about worry recently.
 
I always ask new clients to complete a short profile before we start our coaching sessions.  One of the questions is “what consumes time or energy that you wish to eliminate?” Invariably people mention worry.
 
Often what they’re worrying about isn’t life or death situations. But even small [...]

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The Art Of Painless Planning

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 3, 2008

In my last post, Can We Ever Really Be On Top Of Things?, I cast doubt on the desirability (and do-ability) of sophisticated planning tools. I don’t want to imply, however, that ANY form of planning is a bad idea. So I thought I’d share with you a fairly painless planning process that I put together [...]

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