Facing Your Dragon: Breaking Through Fear & Self-limiting Beliefs
January 2nd, 2012 // 4:03 pm @ Coach Erik
When I was 5 years old I was convinced there was a dragon living under my bed. To protect myself, I coerced my way into sleeping on the sofa in the living room (much to the chagrin of my parents!) After a few nights of heated coaxing, I mustered the courage to look under the […]
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Adapt & Adjust
November 29th, 2011 // 10:01 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: When life challenges you there are two words that when put into action can immediately turn things around. Those two words are, ADAPT and ADJUST. This is based on hard science: The human body is biologically hardwired to adapt and adjust to harsh environmental conditions. Humans have successfully lived in humid rain […]
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Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving
November 22nd, 2011 // 6:06 pm @ Coach Erik
Yesterday I was the recipient of a wonderful gift. A friend took my hand, looked me in the eye and said a heartfelt, “Erik I am so thankful for you. I will be thinking of you on Thanksgiving.” This simple statement touched me deeply at the core and reminded me of the power of unconditional love […]
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Erik’s Blog: Remembering Your Greatness
November 15th, 2011 // 6:08 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: My offering today is an invitation to remember your greatness. You may be feeing stuck. You may be feeing overwhelmed and stressed. You may be feeling much less then “great.” If this speaks to you, I invite you to remember that you are bigger then any challenge you may be facing right […]
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Love Anyway
November 12th, 2011 // 2:27 pm @ Coach Erik
Warm-Greetings! Coach Erik here: What do you do when someone you care about pushes your buttons? Do you push back? Engage in a fight? Shut down? The other day I learned what my wife does when I attempt to push her buttons. In the middle of a negative, self-righteous rant, (yes Coach Erik has […]
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You Can Break Through: An Evidence Based Argument
November 3rd, 2011 // 10:37 am @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: My offering today is a reminder that you have the power to live the happy, healthy and empowered life you deserve. You may be thinking, “Easy for you to say, you don’t have to deal with___.” Or “you haven’t had to go though___.” My response to that is, you’re right. I […]
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Dirt Pile
November 1st, 2011 // 2:06 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: Have you ever been faced with a challenge that felt so overwhelming you didn’t know where to start? That was me last weekend when I faced down a pile of dirt (10 feet long and 6 feet high) that had to be removed from our back yard. As I began the project […]
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The Happiest Person I Know
October 19th, 2011 // 3:30 pm @ Coach Erik
This morning my wife showed me a Nordstrom Magazine clothing advertisement featuring a handsome young man with Down syndrome. The advertisement reminded me of one of my best friends, Fleming Fox, an extraordinary human being I would like to share with you. Fleming was born with an extra 21st chromosome (Down Syndrome) however that has […]
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Breakdown to Breakthrough
October 3rd, 2011 // 3:12 pm @ admin
I learned this lesson while on a run with my family on Saturday. We had our two girls in the jogging stroller, my wife running beside me, endorphins flowing. Life was good. That’s when things started to go south. We had just crested Heartbreak Hill (Boston) when I noticed that the wheel of the stroller […]
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What I’ve Learned
October 3rd, 2011 // 3:11 pm @ admin
Coach Erik here: I’ve had the great fortune of working as personal fitness and wellness coach for the last 17 years. In that time I’ve had the privilege to work with hundreds of clients. The irony is my clients have been some of my greatest teachers. My offering today is a few “gold nuggets” that I have […]
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