Category Archives: Quotes

Coaching and art

Posted on May 29, 2019 by JoMo

I am frequently asked to describe what coaching is. It can be summed up by a line from Leonard Cohen’s well known song, Dance me to the End of Love: “Show me slowly what I only know the limits of.” … Continue reading →

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Death and dying

Posted on May 27, 2019 by JoMo

How do you view your own death? I was impressed by this delivery on the subject of death by Steven Jenkinson, ceremonialist and author of the book “Die Wise” (2015). He talks about how as a culture there is death … Continue reading →

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Educated by Tara Westover

Posted on January 25, 2019 by JoMo

This quotation sums up the book for me. It is about the choice and the cost of following our own truth: “I will offer, one final time, to give you a blessing,” he said. The blessing was a mercy. He … Continue reading →

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

Posted on January 24, 2019 by JoMo

Marie Kondo says that we should hold each item in our home and allow it to speak to us, we should ask ourselves the question: “Does this spark joy?” If not we should acknowledge and appreciate the purpose of that … Continue reading →

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If you sit still….

Posted on October 11, 2018 by JoMo

All that you are seeking, is also seeking you. If you sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.” CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTES

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Zen Practice

Posted on January 24, 2018 by JoMo

Watch your mind, how it comes into being, how it operates. As you watch your mind, you discover yourself as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher. The source … Continue reading →

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The Dance of Intimacy

Posted on October 27, 2016 by JoMo

“Most of us have a need to exercise some control over how close we allow others to get to us at any given time. Often this is not even done consciously. We don’t plan to have a fight with our … Continue reading →

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What coaching is about

Posted on May 4, 2015 by JoMo

We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clear, perhaps even with a fiercer life because … Continue reading →

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From The Cat’s Table

Posted on April 7, 2015 by JoMo

There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You find in this way the path of … Continue reading →

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Live the life you imagined

Posted on March 12, 2015 by JoMo

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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