Feeling some deep resistance? That could be a calling that you’re on the verge of something magnificent.

Use a tool as needed, not as a rigid rule, or blanket solution. Discernment is key. Knowing when to apply a tool is more crucial than knowing how to use it. To increase discernment is to practice self-reflection enough to be dangerous.

By reframing our "sins," we tap into that inherent human desire for a little transgression. We unleash the inner rebel, directing it toward habits that truly serve us. We make self-improvement a thrilling, almost illicit, adventure.

Some of the greatest achievements are the result of tiny, nearly imperceptible, accumulated wonders, as much as they are the result of lightning-strike moments.

Cures, learning and wisdom don’t often come via easy experiences. When they pinch, when they gut, when they rug-pull, it’s best to brace, breathe, get steady, and find solid ground… and then ask, what is the medicine?

To create the system that becomes a way of being, we must entrain our bodies, minds, spirits, and will in unison towards the goal. This is the golden thread of Integral® coaching and the philosophy of change that wins every time.

When I’m stressed, I find it’s more challenging than normal to reach for these free, simple practices that support, de-stress, and rejuvenate. Having them as a grab-bag list might help in such moments.

Heretical truths that make waves in the meaning you make of your day.

So in your big endeavor, what is your ready stance? How do you know you're in it? What feats of inner and outer hardiness does it enable in you? How is it ushering you to your success?