Insight Based Coaching

One of my favourite lines from Episode 1 of Your Joyful Life Podcast:

“Really commit to feeling bad.”

Not forever.
Not as a personality trait.
But in the moment.

Just… stop treating every bad feeling like a fire alarm.

Most of us feel bad and immediately go into problem-solving mode.

What’s wrong?
What did I do?
Who caused this?
How do I fix it?

But what if nothing is wrong?

What if you’re just… feeling something.

There is no tiger in the room.

Your feelings can’t hurt you.

So instead of resisting it, analyzing it, or trying to spiritualize it…

What if you just let yourself feel bad for a minute?

Commit to it. Watch yourself do it.

Be grumpy.
Be unsettled.
Be dramatic in your own head.

Just don’t make it mean anything.

See what happens when you embrace it.

You might notice something about yourself.
It might even be funny.

And it just might pass a lot faster than you think.

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There’s something I’ve noticed over the years.

The people I work with are thoughtful. Intelligent. Capable.

They care deeply about doing life well.

And yet…

Many of them still feel unsettled.

Not broken.
Not failing.

Just quietly wrestling with their own thoughts.

Trying to fix themselves.
Trying to fix their circumstances.
Trying to manage their moods.

It’s subtle.

But exhausting as hell.

And it’s not a personal flaw.

After all, I’ve been there myself.

And I will again.

What if the struggle isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you?

What if it’s simply a temporary misunderstanding about how experience works?

There may be a better way to see it.

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