Towards the end of Level 1 of the course, I finally asked for an extension on an assignment. I had a lot going on, in multiple parts of my life, and it seemed easier to acknowledge that and ask for an extension than it did to keep forcing myself to stick to the due date.…
In my assessment, the opening conference for the first level of the 18-month course brought so much learning. I experienced some small moments of anxiety along the way, and I was pleased with how kind I was to myself as I moved through those moments. There were also some fun moments, some humbling moments, and…
When I received the paperwork for the 18-month Ontological Coaching Program, I realised that it started with a 4-day opening conference, the first three days of which were the same 3-day course that I had completed 16 months earlier. That's right - the course where I found myself standing in a conga line, massaging the…
It was February, 19 months after I started to receive coaching and 4 months after deciding that I was respect worthy, when I (once again) said to my husband: "Do you think I will ever be able to enrol in the 18-month Ontological Coaching Program?" As he had every other time I had raised this,…
A few months after commencing my new job, I started to feel quite anxious. There had been niggling anxiety and self-doubt lurking there for a while, and I had chosen to ignore them. At the time, I think I saw anxiety and self-doubt as something that I should have conquered, as though it was wrong…
Peace. Freedom. Achievement. Pride. I was feeling all of this the day I handed in my resignation. I had survived my career year from hell and I had implemented my exit plan. It was almost over. No more being judged, regardless of my efforts. No more being sworn at. No more being abused. I wanted…
An Ontological Life 