Rewrite Your Future By Re-Visiting Your Past

When it comes to talking about or dealing with losses in our lives, it’s a topic that most of us are uncomfortable with and could easily gloss over. But, what if the lesson in it all is that the loss was one step shy of a win? And, what if you could re-evaluate up to that point to see how to make a better decision next time you’re faced with a similar decision? As a life coach, it’s expected that I study decisions and consequences, pivots and pathways, and extract meaning out of the mundane. But when you suffer loss, I believe your self-reflection is one of the most powerful assets you can possess. In my coaching business, I have witnessed that one of the toughest things for people to do is to look through the lens of loss because of an emotion many would rather avoid – pain. But I want to challenge you to gain a new perspective on it. And no, I’m not going to ask you to count to 10 and will it all away. Pain sucks and the self-inflicted wounds can sometimes last months, years and decades after the offense (whether self-inflicted or induced). The...