Hurt to Hope: Lessons on Presence and Purpose
December 22, 2024
Happy Sacred Sunday!
Last week on the podcast, I shared about the principle of using intention to overcome overwhelm, rush, and anxiety especially during the holidays.
But I forgot to share a story that illustrates the principles beautifully. It’s too good NOT to share, so I’m sharing it with you this week. 
A couple of year ago, I was hosting a group coaching program. My dear friend, Betsy, joined.
During one of our calls, I asked Betsy what her intention was for the week.
She said her intention was to slow down, but that she wasn’t going to be able to live into that intention until the following week!
She was quite upset about it.
Based on how she presented her problem, I coached her on ways to remove things from her plate. It seemed like a logical solution.
But after tackling each event one by one, Betsy noticed she didn’t want to remove anything from her plate.
Her plate was full of things she wanted to do.
The exercise led us to an even deeper question: if you want to do all these things, and your’e not willing to remove anything from your plate, then do you really want to slow down, or is there something else you want?
That’s when Betsy discovered what she really wanted. She wanted to be present and enjoy the week. Her belief at the time was that he only way to be present in life is by slowing it down.
Bingo.
It was then that I encouraged Betsy to set the intention of presence rather than slowing down.
She did, and after listening to last week’s episode, she called to remind me how that forever changed her life. She told me up until then she didn’t really understand what setting intentions was truly about.
It was so transformative, she now teaches intention in her life coaching academy.
This is such a powerful episode and will teach how you can change everything even when you can’t change anything.
You’ll even hear how this changed the experience of Betsy receiving the news that her father had cancer.
You won’t want to miss this one. It could be exactly what you need to hear.
See you in the pod.
