THE ROAD TO RESONANCE

Instead of positive or negative, in coaching we talk about our experiences as resonant or dissonant. Resonance is when we feel fully alive, fully human, overwhelmed by emotion, possibly even deep in the throes of sadness. Dissonance  is just like it sounds - when you are in lack of harmony. 

This year was a year full of highs and lows for me. I traveled a ton and I had a massive battle with intestinal parasites. I built a school in Nepal and I slept on a wooden platform and bathed from a bucket during the process. I launched a coaching business, a new website and an on demand Vimeo channel, I scaled back on my public classes. I had a health scare and then bought the home of my dreams. 

Carl Jung once said that paradox is the key to spirituality. Meaning, in order to connect with the big picture we must experience the highs and the lows. We often get stuck in the “negative” and allow that lens to cloud our vision of reality. In that place we not only get stuck but we feel stuck. When we feel stuck, we have a choice : stay stuck or to utilize our stuckness (dissonance) as a way to build resonance. But when we think of things as resonant or dissonant it gives us a choice. Because it lets us lead from a place inside. A feeling and an inner knowing. Because we know what it feels like to be in harmony even when the shit hits the fan. 

Looking forward to building more of that in the year to come. I am grateful for you.