Lisa Lewis

How Can I Move Forward When I Feel Like I’m Sinking in Place?

These are unprecedented times. Unprecedented times require new action to keep moving forward. I keep listing ideas and circling next best steps and yet… (This is a screenshot of the music video Atlas Seven by Sleeping at Last.) Right now, I imagine many of you are feeling a bit like this lyric. We’re still sheltering

7 Ideas for Your Sanity

If we’re truly going to G.E.T. into our lives then we need resources. I’m keenly aware of how stressful forced change is. Change is hard to do when you choose to make a change; when circumstances shift without your input that can wreck you. Another term for this forced change is trauma. We are all

Revealing 1 of My Super Powers (and sharing it with you!)

Life in the time of COVID-19. I find myself phrasing it this way because of the title of the book Love in the Time of Cholera I’ve not read the book; the rhythm of the words in the title is what sticks to the rhythm of Life in the time of COVID-19. These are unprecedented

Three Tips to Keep Your Sanity (when others’ are losing theirs)

Photo by John Cameron on Unsplash Have you witnessed this? If you have been in the stores lately, gathering items you need, you’ve seen this scene being played out across the country and around the world. The Bay Area county where I live issued an unprecedented shelter in place order to mandate the social distancing that has been

Is it Possible that You’re Ignoring Awareness You Already Have?

Right about now is when people traditionally give up on the resolutions they’ve made for the new year. Three weeks in and change gets hard, distractions or interruptions to the routine you’re trying to establish and *poof* the whole thing goes up in smoke! Photo by McKinley Law on Unsplash Perhaps you’re not wrestling with resolutions. Perhaps you

Can We Let Go of Expectations?

The new year, the new decade is full of conversations and memes pointing to change. Change habits. Change pants size. Change careers. Set goals. Measure everything. Photo by Chimene Gaspar on Unsplash All this planning and working the plan can be exhausting. Photo by Vladislav Muslakov on Unsplash Not to mention what happens in our heads if (or when) we don’t

The Journey to the New Year has Ended; What’s Next for You?

You did it! You made intentions to finish 2019 well. Photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash You chose to grow your awareness of areas you might want to change; your awareness of your mindset toward change; and planned action steps to make change happen. Today is a day to reflect and celebrate! Photo by Nicolas Tissot on Unsplash In coaching we

What is Your One Word for 2020?

June 2013 was a milestone month in our family. Our youngest son graduated from high school, preparing to attend college across the country. The nest was emptying; a familiar milestone, and for many parents a painful awareness of change. In our family not only was the nest emptied, we moved it to a new city.