Traci Philips, the Innate Coach Blog

I find a few consistent things fascinating. One is patterns or themes.  For example, as a Life Coach, what I'm hearing from one client at any given time is what I'm hearing from all of my clients at that time.  This is true of others I talk with outside of the work I...

A few years ago, I was doing a talk and a man approached me to discuss coaching.  Apparently, he had done his homework; checked out my website, my credentials and client testimonials.  He told me he was impressed with my work. "I'd like to chat with you after your...

A couple of days ago, I was asked to co-facilitate a group training on setting & attending to yearly goals.  It got me thinking that, perhaps, it would be good to get something out about resolutions. Seeing how we are now in January, let's take a look at this time...

I look out over the beautiful acreage that is my backyard, and I am reminded that this was once sacred ground to the Native Americans.  There is a reason one of the roads in our community is named Arrowhead Loop. As we know, this entire country was once the exclusive...

Being responsible for our lives takes on so many faces.  Some we can easily look at and attend to, others are more uncomfortable. Taking responsibility for making the choices that will best support our efforts towards our intended outcomes can be very tricky. The head...

A client recently shared with me a survival story* about Sir Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic in the early 1900’s.  He was considered one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic...

I stand surveying my room.  Complete devastation.  The room itself and my heart. A high school party.  Parents out of town.  Me, out with friends.  He promised he wouldn't. He did.  The whole house ransacked. I think I might have to burn my mattress . . . who knows...

I was reading the article, Empathy for the Detestable, Compassion for the Callous by Philip Goldberg, and it got me thinking. If we look at history as far back as we can, we will see the biggest issues of the time reflected in the culture. True to form, we can...

As we celebrate our country's independence today, perhaps it's good to reflect on what this actually means. In my opinion, to become a truly independent nation, we must, first, learn to become independent citizens.  It starts with the one, right? Since I'm going to...