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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.
A Lifelong Romance
I love stationary. I’ve always been romanced by it. It’s a thread that has been woven throughout my life. One of my early memories, I might have been 5- or 6-years old at the time, was of me tagging...
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Listening and Offering Space
Seated at the round wooden table in the noisy restaurant, my friends and I took note of the menu, unchanged from our last visit, and made our selections quickly. The environment around us was typical of any eatery at...
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Choosing to be Buoyed
Author Victoria Erickson says, “If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with...
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Unearthing for Self Care
I’m fortunate to have a community of colleagues who have become solid friends over years of study and practice together. I attribute our deep and special bonds to the honest and heartfelt conversations we engage in regularly and with...
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The Value in Comparison
I was drawn down and feeling heavy after seeing a social media post by someone I’ve known for a while. It was an extended, very nicely choreographed and rehearsed video message touting their booming business and advertising yet another...
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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...
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Coaching?…What does that mean?
After 15+ years working as a full-time professional leadership and executive coach, “Coaching?…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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