by Ray DePaola | Feb 26, 2022 | Life Coaching
These past few weeks, several people have been taking the time to read my latest entries, and I am truly grateful. I hope it has given you a sense not only of what I do, but why I do it; who I am, what I value, and how I strive to show up in our world. In...
by Ray DePaola | Feb 19, 2022 | Life Coaching
Have you ever had someone ask you what you believe your current purpose is? This is such a powerful question. I find myself returning to this question, again and again: What do I believe my current purpose is? One of the things I love is the use of the...
by Ray DePaola | Feb 14, 2022 | Life Coaching
Love, and Other Relationships As a life coach, I’ve had occasion to work with different clients at key phases along the path of love relationships: Clients who were considering divorce and clients who were in the midst of divorce. Folks who were single and looking for...
by Ray DePaola | Feb 12, 2022 | Life Coaching
I do a lot of one-to-one coaching, but I really think of it as heart-to-heart coaching. What do I mean when I say that? I mean that I go beyond just the headspace, and beyond just the words and ideas being shared. I listen deeply, feeling what is being expressed both...
by Ray DePaola | Feb 5, 2022 | gratitude, Life Coaching
So, here’s a series of questions that I invite you to take a moment and ponder: What brightens your life?What consistently brings you a sense of joy?What allows you to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw?What makes you smile?What helps you breathe easy, take a...
by Ray DePaola | Jan 21, 2022 | Life Coaching
When did life get so freakin’ complicated? Wasn’t it just a few years ago when you knew what you were supposed to do? What you wanted? How the world worked, and how you fit into it? Wasn’t that just a second ago?? Now, though, more times than not, you feel like you’re...
by Ray DePaola | Aug 12, 2021 | Life Coaching, Quotes, ZenJoy
Let’s talk about confidence. Or, more precisely, the lacking of confidence. The reality is, many of us struggle with bouts of self-doubt; a struggle that can impact important areas of our lives, such as our relationships and careers, or our happiness...
by Ray DePaola | Aug 6, 2020 | Life Coaching, Meditation, Sunrise Pages
I’m sitting by the firepit, nursing a small but growing orange flame. If I’m honest, there’s also a lot of blue smoke. After the storm from a couple days ago, the wood still holds dampness. I’m back to building fires, because it is a way I can...
by Ray DePaola | Jul 22, 2020 | Anti-racism
“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. “Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’”— Rep. John Lewis Last week was a heavy week. A heavy week...
by Ray DePaola | Jun 28, 2020 | Anti-racism, Life Coaching
Photo by outsideclick on Pixabay I’m sharing here a response I gave to someone who replied to my previous post about Where I Stand. I appreciate their comments, which were a prompt for me to get more clear in articulating what I see, what I believe, and where I...
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