Happy New Year! I wanted to send warm wishes to you on this very cold and raw New England day. I hope wherever you are you’re feeling cozy and content. It’s been a rainy winter here – good weather for fires in the fireplace and sipping hot tea.

I also wanted to update you on some news from Full Circle Coaching. 2015 brings more focus to what I love to do most in my work: support and guide other wholehearted practitioners to stay connected and buoyed. This includes coaches, therapists, artists, nurses, spiritual leaders, teachers and practitioners of the healing arts. One of the most powerful lessons I’ve learned through my work with The Daring Way™ is that without our own health and sense of inner peace, we struggle to support our clients, students, our families and friends.

What does that look like? Sometimes that means creating very real boundaries around care taking. It can mean letting go of the impulse to save, serve and over-extend. It can also mean the addition of phrases to our repertoire like “So what?” “No” and “I’m sorry”. In some cases it can mean digging very deep to understand that impulse. You’d be surprised to learn the origin of your own desire to give. I absolutely love watching someone who is a gifted helping professional learn to take care of themselves through self-compassion, reflection and love. It really is the definition of empowerment.

Through my coaching and the work of The Daring Way™ I’ve supported hundreds of professional caregivers and I’m so excited to be offering more programs for this group during 2015. Perhaps you will find a little something here that speaks to you or someone else you know in these fields.

My first event is A Daring Way™ Webinar for Practitioners in March. I’ll be co-facilitating this one with my friend and colleague Beth Franchini, LPC, also a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator-Consultant. Read more about it on the Events page.

Wishing you a year of joy & fulfillment,

Joan