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Michael EldridgeCoach
10 Jun 2020
Hey guys welcome! We will be starting soon...today’s focus: resilience.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
10 Jun 2020
Resilience is one of my favorite superpowers to have and to see in others. It is powerful and humble at the same time, it builds over experiencesI. It helps with just about everything, like bacon or puppies. But resilience often mimics our keys. We know we have it; we just forget where we put it. For today, and particularly for our challenging and ever-changing world: let’s remind ourselves, and build. Think for a moment about a time when a “door closed” in your life. A loss, a missed opportunity, a heartbreak. I do believe that when one door closes another opens but we still have to have the strength to go through it. We were resilient not by being passive—but by BEING RESILIENT. After that door closed, how did you move on? What strengths did you prove to yourself? What happened when you went through the door that opened? Let talk about that today—and build resilience for ourselves and others.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
17 Jun 2020
Welcome all! Let’s check in first and then move to this week’s focus. How was your week, and what gave you a forward motion this week?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
24 Jun 2020
Hello all, I hope this finds you healthy and well. Thanks for joining! Today’s subject is going to be a technique I use for my clients called “sectioning”. We use it for focus, and to allow ourselves to put stresses or different aside in order to live happier and more productive lives. Before we get into the subject—let’s set up the exercise! First, please write one sentence about your current emotional state. Second, write one sentence about what is MOST on your mind right now. Be specific,, e.g., “the paper I have to write,” “my job search,” etc. Write away!
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Michael EldridgeCoach
1 Jul 2020
Hello all, thank you for being part of our Wisdo tribe! Welcome to Plot Your Career, which goes for 30 minutes and then continues in Life Past Trauma at 3:30.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
15 Jul 2020
Hello all, I hope this finds you healthy and moving forward!
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Michael EldridgeCoach
22 Jul 2020
Hello guys! Let’s start this week with a check in: how is everyone doing? Have you had a good week? What have been your difficult times, good times?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
29 Jul 2020
Hello my friends!
I’m so honored you decided to join. Today we are talking about safe spaces and how to build them for ourselves.
I read a really interesting article on “nostalgia as safe space” recently.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/smarter-living/coronavirus-nostalgia.html
Take a look and let’s talk: what are your safe spaces in the midst of this crazy 2020, and how do you maintain them?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
5 Aug
Hello wonderful Wisdo folks! I hope today’s session finds you healthy and well. I’m so honored to have you here. As those of you who have been here before know well, a lot of my coaching work centers around narrative. What stories are we living? What stories are we telling ourselves?
Specifically for today: let’s look towards the future. This has been an incredibly hard year on all of us, but there will come a time when things are much easier. Change is inevitable, including positive change.
So picture yourself on that day, when you look around and things have changed. When life feels less chaotic, and you’re striding towards your goals.
What are you doing on that day? Where are you? Who are you with? What does the world around you look like, sound like?
What is your “after” narrative?
Michael EldridgeCoach
12 Aug
Hello all! It’s such a joy to be here today, thank you for joining me. In uncertain times, I find that “going smaller” sometimes helps. Using small, short-term goals to keep me moving forward in my journey. This week I resolved to really pay attention to my sleep, and just work on each night as my daily goal. I’ve found myself happier and healthier already, and it’s such a small thing. What “micro goals” can you set for yourself this week?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
19 Aug
Hello, it’s so good to be here today on this wonderful platform with you wonderful people. I hope this finds you happy and healthy! I’d like to start today with fortune telling. No, I won’t be telling yours, my crystal ball is in the shop. But so often when we try to tell OUR future we only do so with a negative bias. We only think “that could happen” when we think of negative outcomes.
That’s natural, and in some cases healthy.
What I want us to work on today is Balanced Fortunetelling. For every negative thing you think could happen, think of one positive thing…
That. Could. ALSO. Happen.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
26 Aug
Hello, it’s so good to see you on Wisdo! I hope you’ve all been having a good week, and have managed to enjoy a very different sort of summer.
It’s the soon-to-be-passing of a season! I usually take moments like these with my clients to take a look at Big Goals to reach before the end of 2020.
So let’s check in! What would you like to complete/take on/work on before the end of the year?
We’ll be following a maxim of mine today: for every goal, make 4 steps.
Dream.
Say It Loud (or write it on Wisdo ;-).
Plan, then:
Do.
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Evergreen Tree
27 Aug
Hello hope you are doing well
I’m really confused about what to study at college. I love interior design and everything that has to do with color, furniture, architecture, etc... but on the other hand I love animals and I just have this intriguing feeling about becoming a wildlife filmmaker or journalist, all the people that I look forward and admire works with animals or are wildlife filmmakers, Or scientists like Jane Goodall, I find their lives so exciting and Honestly it would be my dream life. I feel that I like a lot of things and if a choose one I won’t be able to to the others if that makes sense. I feel stuck and disappointed of myself. Hope you can help me
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Michael EldridgeCoach
9 Sep
I hope this finds you well! Welcome and thanks for joining. A great place to start today is a wonderful 5-minute read:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2020/05/16/dont-let-the-virus-make-you-lose-your-story-so-says-eminent-career-scholar-mark-savickas/#2cbae61d49b1
The work I do with my practice centers around personal narrative…I don’t always use the “5 Questions” but they are a fun and helpful start.
What were you answers?
Michael EldridgeCoach
16 Sep
I hope this finds you well! Welcome and thanks for joining. A great place to start today is a wonderful 5-minute read:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2020/05/16/dont-let-the-virus-make-you-lose-your-story-so-says-eminent-career-scholar-mark-savickas/#2cbae61d49b1
The work I do with my practice centers around narrative…I don’t always use the “5 Questions” but they are a fun and helpful start.
What were your answers?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
23 Sep
Hello and welcome, I hope this finds you well and healthy! It’s great to see you and be here on Wisdo.
Today’s exercise is something I call Title Reduction.
I’d like you to sit comfortably, breath gently, and say “I am” plus your “full title” to yourself. Go ahead and type it here, for example:
“I am Michael Eldridge, writer/filmmaker/coach.”
As you’re saying that sentence to yourself, think of all the stresses you are under. What’s bothering you now, or what are you worried about for the future?
Now say to yourself: “I am…NAME” and let see how it feels to drop your title.
Now as you breath gently, think of your childhood. Good, bad, doesn’t matter.
Then: drop your name. Say to yourself simply: “I am.”
Breath a few more breaths, saying “I am” to yourself on each one.
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Tropical Fish
26 Sep
how can I get rid of a upset tummy and it keeps turning around and how can I get rid of stress
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Michael EldridgeCoach
30 Sep
Hello my friends, and thanks for joining me this week. Today’s session will focus on Stacking habits. We all want to move forward, but sometimes it can seem like we need to improve on SO many different things that it’s daunting. I teach my clients to “stack” habits…pick one new one a week, and try to slowly add to the stack of great habits.
It all starts with one though: what’s what thing you’d like o do every day this week, consistently, to help you in your journey?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
7 Oct
Hello and welcome! Let’s check in today, how was the week? I particularly for those here last week, how did it go with the “one thing” to do each day this week to help you?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
14 Oct
Hello and welcome! Before we kick off with today’s topic, let’s check in back in on the weeks prior. How has stacking and tracking gone for you?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
21 Oct
Welcome and I hope you’re well!
Today we’re talking about “limiting beliefs”. A limiting belief is a state of mind or “certainty” that stop you fro progress.
They’re very rarely true.
Examples:
“I’ll never be happy.”
“I’ll never improve.”
“I just can’t lose that weight.”
So let’s get this party started! What are your limiting beliefs?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
28 Oct
Hey my peeps I’m starting early today because last week I got some messages that the live group didn’t launch. So before we jump into today’s topic, please give a shout out that you’re seeing the group as live.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
4 Nov
Hello all! As we are living in a bit of chaos, let’s start this week focusing on our calm.
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Michael EldridgeCoach
11 Nov
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
Today we’re trying something new!
When you signed up for Wisdo, you did your “been theres” and “going through thats”. You also set goals for yourself.
Take a moment before checking in and review your own profile, and your goals. How are you doing with your progress? And even more importantly, how can we work together to get you closer?
Michael EldridgeCoach
18 Nov
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
Today we’re trying something new!
When you signed up for Wisdo, you did your “been theres” and “going through thats”. You also set goals for yourself.
Take a moment before checking in and review your own profile, and your goals. How are you doing with your progress? And even more importantly, how can we work together to get you closer?
Michael EldridgeCoach
25 Nov
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
In honor of the holiday week, let’s start with a look at gratitude. Sure, giving thanks is good for us to do for others, but did you know it has lot of scientifically proven benefits for us as well?
Take a read and then check in!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/11/23/7-scientifically-proven-benefits-of-gratitude-that-will-motivate-you-to-give-thanks-year-round/?sh=604c1250183c
I’m grateful that you’re here ;-).
Michael EldridgeCoach
2 Dec
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
In honor of the holiday week, let’s start with a look at gratitude. Sure, giving thanks is good for us to do for others, but did you know it has lot of scientifically proven benefits for us as well?
Take a read and then check in!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/11/23/7-scientifically-proven-benefits-of-gratitude-that-will-motivate-you-to-give-thanks-year-round/?sh=604c1250183c
I’m grateful that you’re here ;-).
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Michael EldridgeCoach
16 Dec
Welcome and please check in! I’m happy to see you, how is your day going?
Michael EldridgeCoach
23 Dec
Merry Christmas all! We will restart sessions next week until then DM me anytime.
Michael EldridgeCoach
6 Jan
Hello wonderful Wisdo folks! I hope today’s session finds you healthy and well. I’m so honored to have you here. As those of you who have been here before know well, a lot of my coaching work centers around narrative. What stories are we living? What stories are we telling ourselves?
Specifically for today: let’s look towards the future. This has been an incredibly hard year on all of us, but there will come a time when things are much easier. Change is inevitable, including positive change.
So picture yourself on that day, when you look around and things have changed. When life feels less chaotic, and you’re striding towards your goals.
What are you doing on that day? Where are you? Who are you with? What does the world around you look like, sound like?
What is your “after” narrative?
Michael EldridgeCoach
13 Jan
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
Today we’re trying something new!
When you signed up for Wisdo, you did your “been theres” and “going through thats”. You also set goals for yourself.
Take a moment before checking in and review your own profile, and your goals. How are you doing with your progress? And even more importantly, how can we work together to get you closer?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
20 Jan
Hello wonderful Wisdo folks! I hope today’s session finds you healthy and well. I’m so honored to have you here. As those of you who have been here before know well, a lot of my coaching work centers around narrative. What stories are we living? What stories are we telling ourselves?
Specifically for today: let’s look towards the future. This past year has been an incredibly hard year for many of us, but there will come a time when things are much easier. Change is inevitable, including positive change.
So picture yourself on that day, when you look around and things have changed. When life feels less chaotic, and you’re striding towards your goals.
What are you doing on that day? Where are you? Who are you with? What does the world around you look like, sound like?
What is your “after” narrative?
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LemonHelper
24 Jan
Hey Everyone. @happy-squirrel just joined the group. Please join me in welcoming them and introducing yourself here! Hey welcome to the wisdo fam...here to chat when we can
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Michael EldridgeCoach
17 Feb
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
Today we’re trying something new!
When you signed up for Wisdo, you did your “been theres” and “going through thats”. You also set goals for yourself.
Take a moment before checking in and review your own profile, and your goals. How are you doing with your progress? And even more importantly, how can we work together to get you closer?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
3 Mar
Hello all and good afternoon! I hope this finds you well. The past few weeks we’ve been talking goals.
Michael EldridgeCoach
17 Mar
Hello all! It’s such a joy to be here today, thank you for joining me. In uncertain times, I find that “going smaller” sometimes helps. Using small, short-term goals to keep me moving forward in my journey. This week I resolved to really pay attention to my sleep, and just work on each night as my daily goal. I’ve found myself happier and healthier already, and it’s such a small thing. What “micro goals” can you set for yourself this week?
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Michael EldridgeCoach
24 Mar
Hello my friends. Welcome to our session, thank you for being here, and I hope this finds you well.
Today we’re trying something new!
When you signed up for Wisdo, you did your “been theres” and “going through thats”. You also set goals for yourself.
Take a moment before checking in and review your own profile, and your goals. How are you doing with your progress? And even more importantly, how can we work together to get you closer?
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