“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.”
“The real trick to producing great work isn’t to find ways to eliminate the edgy, nervous feeling that you might be swimming out of your depth. Instead, it’s to remember that everyone else is feeling it, too. We’re all in deep water. Which is fine: it’s by far the most exciting place to be.”
Articles
What can you do when you’re shaken? Find your ground
Metaphor Magic in Coaching and Coaching Supervision - Lily Seto & Tina Geithner. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 2018, Vol. 16(2), pp. 99-111. DOI: 10.24384/000562
Meditations
Dr. Rick Hanson’s Top Meditations for Happiness, Love, and Inner Peace
Tara Brach’s Guided Meditations
Tara Brach’s Meditation: Embodied Awareness (17:23 min)
Podcasts
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson (Apple Podcasts) or Being Well Podcast (YouTube)
The Coaching Habit with Michael Bungay Stanier
The Great Work Podcast with Michael Bungay Stanier
Videos
Centering Practice with Staci Haines
Strozzi Institute: Somatic Transformation with Staci K Haines
Jack Kornfield: Flowing Wisdom | Dharma Talk on Water
[with ambient music & visuals]
Jack Kornfield: Fully Opening to Life
Jack Kornfield on Learning to Surf
The Parable of the Trapeze (one of my favorite metaphors for transformation)
“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.”