(Excerpt from a new book by Paul Boehnke) What seems like a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a classical musician. As a harpsichordist, organist and conductor I lived most of my life playing music from three to four hundreds years ago. The job required mastery of that style of music …
Life Lessons
a blog about living consciously
Life Lesson: Lessons From The Stage
Before becoming a coach I spent many years as a classical musician. I loved it, but playing an instrument is a complicated affair. There’s the physical aspect of teaching your body to do what needs to be done and then to get those actions to become automatic. That’s why musicians practice scales so …
Life Lesson: Coping With Uncertainty
The past six months has brought loads of uncertainty to the whole world. The COVID pandemic, economic upheaval, social upheaval. Practically everything seems to be filled with uncertainty. How is one supposed to cope? It’s interesting how we often use the word “coping” when it comes to uncertainty. …
Life Lesson: To Trust or Not to Trust
Have you ever noticed how innocently trusting small children are? They look at you with their big, bright eyes filled with positive expectation. What happens to that? Where does that simple trust in life go? I saw a TED Talk recently in which a photographer was relating his experiences documenting …
Life Lesson: An Effective Tool to Reduce Stress
Over the years I’ve found myself occasionally waking at 3:00 a.m. only to find worries and doubts running amok in my mind like squirrels trapped in a cage. The frantic energy and desperate nature of these “thought squirrels” keep me from getting back to sleep. Sometimes just the daylight helps to …
Life Lesson: Responding With Love
I write this in the middle of the heart-wrenching, gut punch of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the ensuing riots. I’ve watched in disbelief as our city is turned upside down, businesses ruined, destruction and looting rampant. The question that keeps coming to me is …