The Courageous Life Joshua Steinfeldt

The blank canvas.The blank page.The big questions:What’s next in my life?What do I want to do for work? How do I want to live?These are familiar moments and seasons of life marked by the unknown.Often filled with feelings of uncertainty, what’s beautiful about these moments, and these seasons is that They are an invitation into creativity.But there’s a catch.To accept the invitation we often need to be able to practice opening. Finding ways to relax into uncertainty. What...

Kaira Jewel Lingo is a mindfulness and meditation teacher with a lifelong interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice.She spent her formative years growing up in an ecumenical Christian community where families practiced a new kind of monasticism and worked with the poor.When she turned 25 she entered a Buddhist monastery and spent fifteen years living as a nun under the guidance of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Today she sees her work teaching Buddhist meditation, mind...

There is a beautiful teaching metaphor that comes out of buddhist psychology about 2 darts.As we move through life we inevitably experience pain.From minor bumps and scrapes,To major injury, loss, heartbreak, and catastrophe.This is the 1st dart.What’s interesting about pain though is that it can often be accompanied by thoughts about the pain:“This shouldn’t be happening.”“What if this doesn’t end?”“There’s something wrong with you." Etc.These are add ons.They’re the extras that in mome...

When I first started coaching I was introduced to the idea of: Meeting the client where they are. This idea being both a cornerstone of coaching,And a practice that involves attuning to the person in front of you in such a way that opens up a possibility of working with them wherever they are in their development or growth journey.While it may sound simple enough, there is a profound depth and precision to meeting someone in this way. In part this is because whether it’s a client, a frie...

In the hero's journey, the hero or heroine is called to adventure. Often in the form of a quest, a challenge, or an adversity,And often in unexpected ways.One of the things that’s interesting about the hero's journey is that shortly after the call a helper enters the picture.A mentor, sage, guide, or a coach of some sort.They help the hero:Navigate the adventureStrengthen themselvesAnd ultimately transform in ways that allow them to meet their life from a wiser, more skillful, and more r...

Why can it be so difficult to receive? Whether it’s something small like a compliment,Or something bigger, like receiving help when we are in some form of pain or distress. While the response can vary of course, For many of us the instinct can often be:To brush off the compliment To minimize the recognitionTo turn down the help Essentially to close off in one form or another. And there are a whole host of reasons why this might happen.From the way we’re rai...