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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.
Umm…what does that mean?
After 15+ years working as a full-time professional leadership and executive coach, “What does that mean?” is still the most common question I get asked when someone finds out what I do for a living. Read on to learn...
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My Snub to The New Year
What happens in January is predictable, isn’t it? We are flooded with messages, offers, marketing, and ads that tell us that the new year is here, and therefore a new you ought to be here, too. It’s a...
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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...
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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....
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7 Ways to Add Kindness & Calm to Your Life
Consider these 7 suggestions for bringing kindness and calm to your day, to your life, to the world. The invitation is to practice, test, experiment and notice what is different, opened and called forth when you pay attention in...
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Ask and You Shall Receive
Imagine that contestants on the television game show, Family Feud, were asked to name the most common complaints heard in organizations and teams. What would they say? “…poor communication!” “…too much to do! “ “…overwhelm!” “…missed deadlines!” “…they didn’t...
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Life Lessons at Lunch
Recently, I was out with a group of people for a very nondescript, standard meeting over lunch. Or, so I thought. Much to my surprise, it ended up being an occasion that I expect I’ll remember for a long...
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What is Your Good Life?
It’s a deeply personal question and the answers are as unique as the person contemplating it. And yet, for many of us, the question is not one that we’ve engaged with very much. I was with a group of...
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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...
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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...
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