Coaching is all about transformation. Clients come to coaching seeking clarity, growth, and breakthroughs. Yet, these aspirations are always tangled up by challenges—personal fears, external setbacks, and bigtime barriers that seem insurmountable. For coaches, the ability to support clients as they navigate through such obstacles is paramount, and few philosophies are as adept at navigating

At the beginning of the year, I became responsible for caring for a baby birb. No, I did not misspell bird—I purposely wrote birb. At the dinner table, our middle son returned from time with his friends and mentioned a self-care app he had downloaded called Finch. Simply put, you care for yourself by caring

Most dangers in life come not from the obviously bad, evil, or toxic, but from what might best be described as “too much of a good thing.” A few months ago, Hurricane Helene dumped an incredible amount of water on the mountain communities an hour west of where I live. Generally speaking, water is a

Brandon Kelly introduced me to the Invitation vs. Challenge model while leading me through the formative book Building a Discipleship Culture. It is a classic two-axis grid, with invitation rising vertically and challenge growing horizontally. Ideally, a leader will wield both powers to help people move forward. The biblical case for this model is found

My first foray into owning a business was a lawn mowing business a buddy and I started in college.  We tried three strategies for getting new business: We taped flyers onto the mailboxes of homes we thought could afford to hire us.  Generally speaking, the USPS is insanely inefficient at their job, however the local