Corrine Bucher Wisdom for Tough Times

One of my many blessings is the number of coaches that are among my friends, protege's, master mind partners, and mentors. Hardly a day goes by that I am not benefiting, in some way, from an interaction with a coach. And, that is above and beyond my work with my two personal coaches.

This year, I had the good fortune to be in a group coaching program where I met one of the most impressive coaches I have met in some time. Corrine Bucher, who specializes in coaching mothers balancing raising young children with career demands, is a fantastic person and an even more fantastic coach. I learned so much from her watching her navigate through Mary Allen's group coaching program.

In addition to an active coaching practice, Corrine is raising two young children and managing the household in a family where her husband's career has him often on the road (sound familiar, ladies?). Even with all that is going on in her life, Corrine is an advocate for the importance of extreme self care. And part of her personal self care is to regularly surf in the Pacific Ocean.

One of Corrine's gifts to our group

was a surfing metaphor

...that of leaning into a wave,

even as your mind is fearing the wave.

I have had the benefit of watching the great results that Corrine creates in her life when she "leans into" that which she fears.

This economic meltdown is very real. It is absolutely normal to have fears about what all of us are seeing happen around as friends lose their job, business are shuttered, etc. What matters most is how you handle those fears.

Those who prosper will be those who lean into it....i.e., those who embrace the recession, rather than run from it.

Are you leaning into it? Are you embracing the recession and seeing the new opportunities being created? Or, are you frozen in fear?

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