I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Every day I exchange WhatsApp messages with a girlfriend. Every week I have a standing phone call with two different coworkers who have become friends. Every two weeks, I catch up with a friend in Greece. Every month I speak with my former manager who’s become a close friend.

I was thinking to myself this week, where would I be without these frequent touchstones?

I’m sure I wouldn’t laugh as much as I do.

I’m quite sure I wouldn’t be as wise as I am.

Mostly I’m sure I wouldn’t be as emotionally stable as I am. These friends remind me that what I’m experiencing is normal, natural and not a cause for concern. Except when it is, and then they’re there to help me make sense of it and get myself back to stability.

I’m not sure I realized how important these connections are to my sanity and to my happiness. I’m sure I sometimes take it for granted, but I’m glad I do work hard to keep these regular touchpoints.

Try this ONE thing

Are you connecting enough with people who know you, who love you and who are there for you as you are for them?

 

Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.

The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.

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