What Role Can Lightness Play?
There is much in the world that we can feel heavy about. It seems as time goes on, there are more and more senseless acts that cause us to question and feel so much. Whether we focus on these larger events or on our own daily lives, we can easily...
Let Your Uniqueness Flow
Who am I? It's such a good question and one that might take some pondering. Usually when we answer that question, we come up with roles - I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm a friend, a daughter, a sister, a teacher, a manager, a Christian, an atheist, a vegetarian...
Who is Your Play-Full Self?
Last week we discussed Experimenting, which can be an excellent way to make decisions and next steps feel lighter and a little less serious. This can bring in new energy and ideas to help guide us. This week we're continuing in that direction by taking a leap into Play. Play...
Jumping into Experiments
Sometimes when you have a choice to make it can seem overwhelming - maybe it's about a step in your career, a project, a relationship, a business venture, a move or something else. You see this choice as something looming in front of you because you haven't figured it out...
Strengthening Your Deep Listening
In December, I wrote about Listening. Check that blog post out here if you missed it - it's a great place to (re)-start if your Listening muscle is out of practice. At first when the Listen Mood Lady came to me now, I thought it was too soon to revisit...
From Fragmentation to Wholeness
(please note this is an edited version of the May 2016 Valentino Coaching newsletter - just minor changes have been made). Following the impulses of the moods: When my sister Debra first started drawing the Mood Ladies, she didn't really know why - she just followed the impulse (read the full story here)....
The Refreshing Power of Gentleness
Recently, I was a coach at the Career Center at the Watermark Conference for women. Twenty or so of us coaches sat as the 6,000 conference attendees had the opportunity to come and get some coaching from us in short increments of 20 minutes. It was a full day of...
Tuning In to What Feeds You
What feeds you? It's a powerful question and one I like to ask my clients often. In the beginning, they might not have a good answer. Many times they have been spending most of their time taking care of other people or things or responsibilities and not tuning into themselves....
Enlisting the Curiosity Ally
Have you ever said Yes to doing something when your whole body and mind was screaming No? You end up doing it but you feel little joy and maybe even resentment because you never wanted to do it in the first place. And then you get mad at yourself for...
Noticing Your Shift Miracles
Transformation is a part of every Artful Journey - living life on your own terms. When we become really aware of the choices we are making and begin living more consciously and creatively, it is automatic that a part of us transforms. When we are wanting to change our lives...