If I knew how The Middle Way worked I could remain on the path, rather than loosing my way from time to time. I felt close, as a crow flies. I also felt far, as if a ravine separated where I was from where I needed to go. And so I picked up my Kokoro walkingstick and continued on my path.

When I first encountered the concept of The Middle Way I knew it fit in my life somehow, but I needed to understand it better. Often the new understanding is less like a final destination and more like a launching pad.

It took an intervention for me to see that the reins I had been tugging at belonged to someone else—even in the role of a Daughter.
One of the arts of coaching is meeting the client where they are and honoring that the rightful place for the reins is in the client’s hands.

There are 3 neural networks to align and engage to have success with intentions: the brain, heart, and gut. A successful coaching relationship will knit them together on your journey.

The art of manifesting has evolved through the generations. The roots of the Life Coaching profession are here, especially with Intention setting.

Journalist Jancee Dunn encapsulated a Harvard study on adult health for the NYT’s 7-Day Happiness Challenge (2023 January). Dunn based Day-2, the 8-minute conversation, on data showing that even a brief chat with a friend has measurable effects on well-being. There Dunn outlines a useful strategy. Text first asking for 8 minutes. Second, stick to the 8-mnutes. Third, if more time is needed schedule it. No other commitment is made Yet, a commitment on behalf of the friendship has been offered and accepted.

Whether you’re a practitioner, a friend, or simply someone learning how to be with others in their process, cultivating holding space may be the most generous thing you do. It invites stillness, trust, and transformation. It’s a sacred responsibility and a powerful skill.

Strengths of the International Coaching Federation and ICF-certified coach training programs is the condensation of essential coaching qualities, definition of skills for a coaching toolbox, models to understand these by, as well as its adaptability, so that coaching keeps in-touch with modern society and contemporary lives.

Soul Lightening Acupressure: Empowering Whole-Being Health is a collection of Insight Acupressure case studies. As a student of Insight Acupressure, this book helps knit the Clinical and Process Acupressure together. As a practitioner, the book affirms range an accupoint can address. Outside of the Insight Acupressure community this book can be read to get an idea of what Insight Acupressure is and witness its efficacy.

Reiki has been a gift of hundred pleasures throughout my day. My heart and mind are connected and I am a clearer provider of Reiki for others.