💡 Coaching Insights: Moving Wholeheartedly Toward What Matters Most

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Have you ever caught yourself qualifying your biggest dreams with hesitant language? "Maybe we'd be celebrating... I mean, for me..." These verbal hedges reveal how we protect ourselves from fully embracing what we truly want.

This transformative conversation explores what happens when we shift into "the land of possibility" – not a magical place where every dream comes true, but a mindset where we give ourselves permission to move wholeheartedly toward what matters most. When discussing a Broadway debut dream, we uncover how quickly we downplay our deepest desires, afraid to claim them fully. But what if the result became "the cherry on top" rather than the sole measure of success?

The most powerful insight emerges around the mirror test: "At the end of the day, when you look in the mirror, what would make you feel best?" This simple question cuts through external expectations, bringing you back to what truly matters to you. No decision is inherently right or wrong – only right or wrong for you. Understanding your personal "why" beyond external validation creates sustainable motivation that carries you through challenges.

Whether you're pursuing a Broadway career or any meaningful goal, remember: "It's you that is going to take you there, no one else." There will be gatekeepers and obstacles, but ultimately, your journey is yours alone. What reflection would make you feel best when you look in the mirror tonight? Share your thoughts and join our conversation about moving beyond binary thinking into the rich landscape of possibility where your authentic path awaits.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So say I don't know, say we're coaching for a year,
year from now, you're talking tome and things have like
completely sort of fallen intoplace, changed.
You know you're really ridinghigh.
What would need to happen?
What would you be sharing withme?
What would we be celebrating?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
I mean I want to say, in a year from now, you know I,
maybe we're celebrating.
I mean for me, I mean aBroadway debut has been like
always like the one of the topthings that you know I've always
wanted you know my whole life.
So I want to say, you know, Iknow.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
By the way, don't apologize when you tell me this
is your gift.
Okay, so I'm your genie.
And what will we be celebrating?
Just try to embody thecelebration, go there and make
it real.
You immediately had a caveat ofwell, I've wanted to do it my
whole life and you know it'd beso good because it's so hard to
get there and if I did it itwould be, I'd be so proud.

(01:04):
But I want to hear, like the,why the hell you want to do that
?
So when you're like I'd be, youknow the curtain would be
coming down, but the audiencehasn't stopped.
I mean, if that's your thing,it might not be your thing.
It might be that you you knowit quietly went down and I went
into my dressing room and and Iknew that I did my best.
There's no right, like you know, don't go for all the applause
or whatever you also startedwith.

(01:26):
Maybe we'd be celebrating andwhat we'll do together is shift
into the land of possibility.
Now, the land of possibilitydoesn't mean that all those
things that you're consideringto be possible are gonna happen,
because we're not God, I mean,you know.
But we can move wholeheartedlyin the direction of, and when we
move wholeheartedly towardsanything, the result kind of

(01:50):
slips away.
The result is like the cherryon top right, whatever manifests
from that.
But does that make sense?
Because you're livingwholeheartedly on the way,
you're enjoying the journey,you're playing full out, you're
living up to all your values andyou're working towards a worthy
goal.
You know something that'simportant to you, and why it's

(02:12):
important to you is of ultimateimportance, because it's
different for everybody and it'syou that is going to take you
there, no one else.
It's you that is going to takeyou there, no one else.
There will be things that standin your way and gatekeepers and
things like that, but again,it's you.
At the end of the day, it's youthat looks in the mirror.

(02:32):
I often say to my clients ifit's a decision you're making or
if it's an in-the-moment thing,it's like, at the end of the
day, when you look in the mirror, when you go to bed, what would
make you feel best?
Because bed?
What would make you feel bestBecause?

Speaker 2 (02:48):
it's you that's got to live with it, and no
decisions are right or wrong.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
They have to be right for you or wrong for you.
And there's everything inbetween, which is where we start
to go.
Oh wait, that's the land ofpossibility, because what else
is true, whatever it might be?
There's so many layersavailable to us.
But we're like, if I getBroadway or I don't get Broadway
right, of course I mean totallyworthy goal.
You know you're a professionalsinger, of course you'd want to

(03:12):
get in a Broadway show for allthe obvious reasons, but talk to
me about why it's important toyou and what's going to make you
happy once you get there.
Because if you don't know whylike, really why besides the
obvious then it becomes not assustainable.
Mm.