Blog - Learning
Welcome to the Inspired Coaching blog! Here is where you’ll find articles written by Laura & team with helpful tips, personal experiences, and much more.
What If Doubt Was Welcomed?
I’ve been wondering what it would be like to do more writing; to get better at it; to develop a body of written work made up of thoughts and ideas that I could share ‘out there’. This wondering is very much connected to finding my own voice, claiming it, and...Read more
On Feeling Dumb (and Useless) – 5 Reflections
My backwards relationship to ‘not-knowing’ was one of the most potent lessons I learned several years ago from one of my greatest teachers. I was in the game (i.e.…the trap) of believing I had to know the answers to questions, I had to know how to solve problems, I had...Read more
3 Things Playing with Puzzles Taught Me
Seeing the limited selection and on bare shelves in department stores and bookstores, I’m left assuming that many of us have been turning to the good ol’ jigsaw puzzle to keep us entertained during the homebound days of COVID. My last puzzle commandeered the kitchen table for nearly 3 months....Read more
I Was Scared of My Client
I was scared of my client. And I hadn’t even met her yet…at least, not in person. I’d met her through the data, scores and comments I read on her 360 feedback assessment report. I’d met her through the stories that other people were eager to tell me. The picture...Read more
What’s Care Got to do with it?
I sat down this morning to write a blog post. My heart wasn’t really in it and it felt like it was something I had to do. And I definitely had that weighty and disengaged feeling that accompanies most “should-y” things. I procrastinated and distracted myself successfully for a while…until...Read more