Traci Philips, the Innate Coach Blog

I had a pivotal conversation with a client last week in which he shared his intentions for helping his kids process the thoughts and feelings they were having around their family’s shifting situation. “I want to create a safe place for them,” he said. “I want them to...

“It seems like the world is getting less noisy,” my client replied when asked what she had been noticing since our last conversation. “Can you tell me more about this?” I asked. “Well, maybe it’s that I’m paying less attention to what the world has to say and caring...

My daughter recently celebrated her 12th birthday, and as we do every year, we hosted a sleepover weekend for 7 of her closest friends. This year’s theme was backyard camping. It was also, my husband and I decided, to be entirely tech-free. As I texted families on...

One of the things I enjoy about my work is the ability to speak with enough people about the foundational shifts going on in their lives to see collective patterns and trends that run through each of their stories. A big one that has been influencing my work a lot...

In life, simply put, you have to take risks. There’s simply no way around it. Without the ability to embrace what risks bring, growth and development are much more challenging. Risk Management, whether in business or life, is about accepting, understanding, evaluating...

I recently had the opportunity to attend a powerful self leadership workshop. In one of the exercises, the facilitator asked us to partner up. We were instructed to take turns telling one another a story. The speaker was to speak for 2 minutes about something...

There are many meanings for the word hack. Generally, however, it means to “cut into” or “gain irregular access to.” Some uses of the word are “positive,” others “negative,” but either way, the practice of hacking has gained a name for itself on the public stage. We...

Recently, a connection on LinkedIn posted an article entitled “In 4 Words, Will Smith Outlines the Secret to True Happiness in Life.” I love Will Smith, so I read it. Those four words alluded to in the title? “Being useful to others.” Smith talked about how he has...

I recently had the chance to sit down with a long-time friend who has been going through a lot in the past year. His question to me was, “if I am to believe I am the Creator of everything in my life, then it seems like I’ve been F-ing up pretty badly.” I looked...