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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Don’t fight! Just observe.
(I have Mooji to thank for this prompt. If haven’t heard of Mooji, please stop reading this and go and watch some of his wonderful...
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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Giving v/s Grabbing
I don’t know about you but in small talk with acquaintances, I feel a pressure to talk about what I’ve been getting out of life. That’s...
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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20232 min read
"It's natural to compare"
Good advertising messages have a habit of sticking around. This one must count as "good" because it's a comfortable home in my mind. But...
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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20231 min read
Insight Dialogue
“This is not coaching! I don’t know what it is…” One client found her assumptions burning up one by one in the space of our session. So...
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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Young Gratitude
Do you remember the first time you were so grateful you couldn’t find words to express it? I have a strong memory of a moment, aged...
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Alex Planidin
Dec 9, 20231 min read
There's Magic in Imperfection
You think you're on a roll and then it's just... ugh... you can't produce anything Or everything that does come out just fizzles and dies...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20232 min read
You don’t have to think that, Daddy!
You don’t have to think that Questioner: “Is there any thought that’s true?” Byron Katie: “For me, no, but that’s for you to find out for...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Who am I BEING?
I saw this image, credited to Roberto Ferraro, and wanted to add an earlier step. Can I ask: Who am I BEING in order to have these...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20231 min read
What the world needs from YOU
Let’s pretend for a second… That the world is waiting with open arms For you to play all out For you to follow your heart Wherever it...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Show me your original face
“Show me your original face, The one you had before your grandparents were born” Zen koan We used to take the ferry from Harwich to...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Vision Coaching
Vision comes up a lot in coaching conversations. Through our thoughts, we are living into some kind of vision all the time, whether we’re...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20232 min read
One minute of non-judgement
This colourful autumn morning, after dropping my daughter at school early, I hit record on Voice Memos and drove home. Today's question:...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Nobody is coming to save you
Many years ago, I asked the Godfather of Coaching, Steve Chandler, to coach me. Initially, he said yes, but when I told him why I wanted...
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Alex Planidin
Nov 21, 20231 min read
The Hope Machine
Do you ever get the overwhelming impression that your whole being is a hope machine? Just settle your attention into your body for a...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Nothing beats your heart
Let me take you on an adventure You don’t even need to close your eyes Just follow these simple words STOP Just for second What do you...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20232 min read
It’s my bat, dammit
Discovering my power to choose I truly must become The captain of my own ship And only now do I see that to be true Though I've glimpsed...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Follow your bliss
“Follow Your Bliss” Joseph Campbell “Find out what makes you come alive and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who’ve...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Show me your original face
“Show me your original face, The one you had before your grandparents were born” Zen koan We used to take the ferry from Harwich to...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20233 min read
You don’t have to think that
Questioner: “Is there any thought that’s true?” Byron Katie: “For me, no, but that’s for you to find out for yourself” A deep interest in...
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Alex Planidin
Jun 12, 20232 min read
100% responsibility
I first heard Brian Tracy use this term in my late twenties, on one of his excellent audio programs . It struck me as strict and...
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