Robyn's Reflections
Letting the air out
What do you talk about in coaching and what are some goals you want to tackle? Not knowing what to bring to the session is usually solved very quickly once given the space to be with a willing listener. The presence experienced in coaching, like therapy, is something...
Well-being Habits
"On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And how long it takes a new habit to form can vary widely depending on the behavior, the person, and the circumstances. In health psychologist Phillippa Lally's...
Masks and Fences
Maybe they go together. They block others out and they keep things in. They keep in any germs you forgot to leave at home. They keep out the germs of others. We’ve come to think of people in terms of germs or infected, are they safe, can I touch. Do I stay my...
Noticing notifications
How do you react when you receive a text message or other notification? Sometimes I find myself jumping a slight bit, it's like a little jolt of energy. Not always in a good way, it can alarm me. Or I am excited to see what's in store for me. It's hard for me to...
TUNE UP
I received an email from an auto shop reminding me to get a tune-up for my car. They shared that regular service can help you to stay safe on the road and avoid costly breakdowns. This applies to many aspects of our life-the connections with others, work/life balance,...
Misunderstandings
We all know that what we say and how we say it is of utmost importance. It can create love, connection, belonging, or hate, war and destruction. Different words, different meanings. 90% of what we say is nonverbal according to a college communications professor. I...
The Questioner
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some...
A Picture is worth a thousand words
I found myself scrolling through one of those celebrity articles with a young celeb and then an aged one. The title was "See how they have aged". I couldn’t stop looking, it was like a car accident that you rubber neck but worse because I couldn’t keep driving and...
Why do we share?
The proliferation of apps have taken over our world, we can't go anywhere without checking in, checking out, becoming one with our apps, reaching for them, living through them. Social media, which I think of as Separate media, separate meaning to cause to move apart....
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