Author: Rachel Hanson

I've got a client who is frustrated with a peer of hers. This peer, you see, doesn't realize how he comes across. He's got it all together all the time, always ready with the perfect answer, ready to share how perfect his process is. He can come across as condescending and better-than-you (that's the melody … Continue reading Pass the buck or buck up?

Most learning is remembering. I'm remembering that if I want to become a master builder, I first (and forever) have to master the basics. So what basics am I focused on lately? Two things. First, slow down. Way down. I get excited and chomp at the bit to move faster. I've always been wired this … Continue reading Back to basics…

As I sit down to write this blog I'm dog tired - physically, mentally, and emotionally. And I frickin love it. Why? Because the exhaustion comes from the best kind of work. Soul-stirring, love-fueled, OPUS-filled work. In the last 48 hours I've traveled to and from Columbus, Ohio for 5 amazing practices, a walk and … Continue reading Day 130: Chillin’ it to killin’ it…

"Deliberate practice is a lifestyle." So true. AND I reminded myself this last week that I'm in pursuit of progress, not perfection. Pursuit of mastery means checking in and rechecking in with yourself to learn what's working, what's not, where do adjustments need to be made? I'd been letting some of my own deliberate practice … Continue reading Day 117: The gold standard…

To cascade meaning you have to give up control on one side of the equation and seize a little more of it if you're on the other. If you're the leader you're likely used to controlling things. Read day 95 if you have work to do here (Gap Trap). If you're working on it, this … Continue reading Day 109: Cascade meaning…

Feedback is the breakfast of champions, no doubt. You can get it from just about anyone if you really seek it out. AND our most trusted truth tellers are the few. Those few whose feedback can consistently slow you down and go deeper, blow your mind with an insight, change your course with a challenge. … Continue reading Day 103: Adjust your mirrors…

After a practice with a client recently I reflected on how much fun I'm having building into and with him. Why? Because he's beginning to believe. When I first met him he was tolerating a lot of chronic pain in every aspect of his life. He had no shoot in his eye, was avoiding conflict, … Continue reading Day 88: Beginning to believe…

Fear grips you, perhaps even controls you, if you're like most humans. Fear is crippling. It causes us to shrink back, do less, be less, play small, live an uninspired but safe life. Fear is a liar. Fear tells you that whatever this next thing is could be the worst thing that happened to you. … Continue reading Day 81: Fear…