Self Talk: How Our Inner Narratives Impact Our Ability to Succeed

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Oct 6, 2022 | Blog, Career, College, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Personal Growth & Development, Practice, Self Care, Self Love, Success, Young Adult

Did you know that a recent study found that positive self talk can improve our performance? Unfortunately, all too often, our heads are filled with degrading and aggressive negative thoughts, instead of positive self talk. There can be a lot of reasons for this, but...

“Who Am I SUPPOSED to Be?”: Escaping the Stories that Hold Us Back

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, Identity, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Self Care, Self Love, Spiritual Life Coaching

  “Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal...

Stop Blaming Your Past Self: Escaping the Stories that Hold Us Back

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Jun 9, 2022 | Be Present, Blog, Identity, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Practice, Self Care, Self Love

“You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.” – Leon Brown Summary 3 Minute Read Escaping the Story: Blaming Your Past Self Try This Resources & Suggested Readings...

“I Should Be More Than I Am”: Escaping the Stories that Hold Us Back

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Jun 8, 2022 | Be Present, Blog, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Practice, Self Love

“Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity,” – Brene Brown The Gifts of Imperfection   This is an excerpt from my regular newsletter,...

Escaping the Story: Am I Broken?

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog, Life Coaching, Practice, Self Care, Self Love

“We are all broken and wounded in this world. Some choose to grow strong at the broken places.” – Harold J. Duarte-Bernhardt   This is an excerpt from my regular newsletter, “Escaping the Story.” In that newsletter, I go over the...

Where Are You? Practicing Being Present Right Here, Right Now

by Kurtis Vanderpool | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog, Life Coaching, Practice, Self Care, Self Love

 Being Present.     Where are you right now?     Maybe you are at your desk, scrolling through emails, trying to put off the morning’s work in hopes that it will go away if you don’t acknowledge it. Maybe you are in your favorite chair with a cup...