Dashing Leadership People turn to coaching when they are looking to make a meaningful shift somewhere in their life. In these conversations, a client occupies a special place where they unpack their external circumstances and internal experiences so they can choose how they want to evolve. It can create deep, important change. But in a 1 to 1 setting, it is inherently unscalable.
I’ve been feeling the limits of the individual coaching format recently so I have been exploring ways to scale my impact without sacrificing depth. One of the most reliable ways to reach an audience is through writing and it occurred to me that many people could benefit from reading real stories of personal growth.
So, I’m trying something new, which I call The Shift. It will be a weekly email where I share one person’s story of shifting something in their life through a coaching conversation. On the client’s end, I will coach them through a challenge, free of charge. I will then share an anonymized version of their story to a list of subscribers through Substack. Membership will initially be free but will likely require a fee down the line.
If you are in a startup leadership position, are interested in coaching with me, and are comfortable having your story shared, please fill out the form below.
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The dysfunctional patterns that come out in conflict are defense mechanisms meant to avoid the feelings we most want to avoid. And it is those exact feelings we need to welcome in order to reach meaningful resolution.
This is a guide for you, the fundraising founder, on how to get through a difficult fundraise. It’s split across three sections: taking care of yourself, working with investors, and leading the team. My hope is that this guide helps make your fundraise more likely to succeed while staying healthy throughout the process.
This created an insight: moving toward the source of our discomfort is what leads to freedom. As many wisdom traditions tell us, it’s resistance that creates our suffering. Coming from this stance casts a new light on much of the standard advice on working with the Inner Critic. Reframe the statements! Practice self-compassion! Question the assumptions! Make no mistake, these are all wonderful practices. But they fall short when their intent is to avoid the Critic. Paradoxically, moving fully toward what’s there is the key to internal spaciousness.
