A Drink Will Make This Better

Speaking of having it all together, this may be the chapter where you ask for a refund. If you were hoping you were reading a book from someone who has it all figured out and is running without bumps along the way, my friend, this is where I spoil the ending. A “Bruce Willis is dead the whole time” kind of spoiler. I’ve been in a constant battle with my vices over the last three years. I’m talking about the behaviors you know you shouldn’t do but find yourself doing anyway. I’m talking about having the vision of yourself where you are your very best..and acting in the total and complete opposite way. I have experience in this. Vices were there to soften the sharp edges in a season when I wasn’t growing. When I tripped my way through the midlife bridge. When I left the corporate identity that made sense to everyone else. As I got oriented in this new, unconventional job. Even as I embarked on the ambition of life coaching. In this recent stretch, I turned leaning on my vices into a survival habit. A habit I didn’t really give much thought to, and one that definitely didn’t serve me or the growth I was hoping might come. It turns out life coaching has been something of a trigger. Every one of my clients, in an odd way have required an introspection and honesty that usually only shows up in a session. On the comfy chair of a client it’s super easy to speak of all things that they struggle with. When you’re at ease, relaxed and feel there’s no judgment, you are able to be truthful with your life coach and with yourself.