A few months back I watched a most amazing and inspiring  documentary titled Fantastic Fungi. 

The bulk of the organism is growing underground in a large network of threads called mycelium. It has more networks than our brain has neural pathways and works similarly, with electrical impulses! The mycelium connect trees to each other and allow them to communicate, swap nutrients for food and support each other in healing! 

The fungi are the digestive tract of the forest. These fungi break down plant and animal life and make it usable for new plant and animal life, becoming an oasis of life. With molds and yeasts from fungi we now have penicillin, beer, wine, cheese, and much more. 

Mushrooms are the fruiting body of the fungi, much like an apple. The diversity of the mushroom is incredible: beautiful colors and shapes. Some mushrooms are even phosphorescent! And they are intelligent: they seek out food, defend themselves and solve problems. Some mushrooms alter consciousness, some empower the immune system.

The diversity of the mushroom brings to mind ourselves—the diversity of shape, color, design  and intention to contribute in our own specifically unique purposeful way to our own life and the lives of all those with which we come into contact.

The vast mycelium network is a living metaphor—the macro to the micro of our neural pathways that communicate intelligence that we can use to digest, understand and bring about evolutionary transformation in the individual and in the community. We are connected in this vast net of intelligence, and nourish each other to grow, care for ourselves and each other, and turn problems into opportunities of discovery, making way for new ways of being.

How can we use this knowledge of the Fantastic Fungi to advance our ability to make a difference on the world? Share your thoughts.

I recently read on a Google Answer that coaches don't need a credential because they just advise and mentor. The person who wrote that has evidently not been trained as a coach and they do a disservice to the populace, who might now think anyone can be a coach.

Coaches never advise or give counsel. Coaches create a safe space for their clients to work through their blocks and attain their next higher level. The coach is rigorously trained to access the wisdom of the client through empowerment and awareness. Coaching clients come away from their coaching program with sustainable learning that helps them make better choices in their lives, moving them towards achieving their potential.

If you are looking for a coach, please ensure that they have a credential (ACC, PCC or MCC) from ICF (International Coaching Federation) or a similar Coach Regulatory Organization.

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I can't stop thinking about Tina Turner's passing; it was the end of an era. Her signature song, What's Love Got to Do With It?, plays over and over in my head.  It got me to thinking about what DOES love have to do with it?  The answer is EVERYTHING.  All that happens, is thought, is done, all revolves in some way around love.  The very essence of life, when you strip away the unnecessary, is love.  All negativity streams from a real or perceived lack of love.  We can add all sorts of trappings to it, or deny the reality of love, but in the end, it's all there is.

As coaches, we feel a deep love for our clients.  It's a neutral love, not based on physicality, based more on the acknowledgement of our clients as individual emanations from the all, or the Universe, or God.  We honor the light within each one, knowing that they have all that is needed to live their best and most rewarding life on earth.  It is our honor to be able to create the space for our clients to joyfully discover their purpose and learn how to live their most meaningful lives.

This love enables us to move past any judgments towards total acceptance and appreciation of their unique being.  We also acknolwedge that we don't have their answers, and trying to solve the client's problem is more of an insult to their abilities than a help.  Instead, we simply explore along with the client, indulging our curiosity as to what drives them, blocks them, or makes them great.  This enables coaches to partner with the client to find their unique path to whoever they want to be.

And the more people we coach, the better the world becomes.

Love has everything to do with it.

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