Traci Philips, the Innate Coach Blog

“I don’t know,” my friend said, with a sigh. “I just feel so uncomfortable and tired from everything that’s been going on this year. I wonder when we will just be able to get back to living our lives and not having so many challenges all the time?” I looked at her...

“Let me tell you why you are here. You are here because you know something. What you know, you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. There’s something wrong, and you don’t know what it is, but there’s something there, like a splinter in your...

“The way you talk about yourself and your life – your story – has a great deal to do with what shows up in your day-to-day experience.”       -David Emerald In his book, Willpower Doesn’t Work, author, Benjamin Hardy, makes this bold statement. “The environment around...

“Chaos isn’t a pit; it’s a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail. They never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, when given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm or gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all...

Waking up can be challenging. Depending on how deeply we have been asleep and how attached we are to our slumber, awakening can create a sense of disorientation, confusion, grumpiness and even anger. Of course, it does depend on HOW we are awakened. Is it a gentle...

“Freedom is on the other side of reflection. As difficult as it may be to disengage from attachments and co-dependencies, the freedom to become more authentic and sovereign in your life is worth what you are being asked to give up. Pay attention to what people and...

“You cannot ‘bounce back’ from hardship. You can only move through it. There is a path through pain to wisdom, through suffering to strength and through fear to courage – if we have the virtue of resilience.”  -Eric Greitens Her face was pinched in pain. Her first...

“In every organizing process of decluttering and improving things, there is chaos. Things feel worse before they get better.”  -Barbara Hemphill My client took a pause in our conversation. After letting out a long, slow breath, she spoke. “I guess it all just feels so...

Last week, my husband and I had dinner with friends. Halfway through the meal, the conversation steered towards the significance of being present. “I find, these days, my kids will come by, and after they leave, I feel I begin to miss them right away,” the husband...