He did not show up to coaching with the explicit purpose of getting more in touch with himself- his true desires, his limits, his non-negotiables, his dreams, etc. Was he moving fast enough toward what he wanted? Was he being impulsive? Could he actually pull this off? What was it that he even really wanted anyways? Maybe he wasn’t ready. But there was fear and doubt all mixed up in this decision as well. He wanted to feel more energy at work, like he was using his strengths to contribute, and maybe, just maybe, feel like work was actually fun. He was ready for things to be different because he wanted to feel different.
The client who sent me this message, (we’ll call him Sam) first came to work with me to pursue his goal of leaving his stable job to pursue a riskier but potentially more authentic professional path. To me, messages like this capture why this work matters. Reading it, I feel myself inhale deeply and hold a sensation of expansion in my chest.
