Hi Reader,

I got back to Prague from the US late Sunday night. About 20 hours earlier, I'd left Reno with 2 pieces of checked luggage, flown through Portland and London, and finally made it home. I waited at the baggage claim until all the bags came through the carousel. Oh no! Only one piece of luggage showed up.

At first, I was genuinely upset. Why wasn't my Tile tracker working when I actually needed it? How could one suitcase make the journey and not the other? Why did I now have to spend extra time at the airport filling out claim forms when I just wanted to go home?

But then I remembered something. When I lived in Japan, I used to pay for a luggage delivery service to take my bags to and from the airport so I wouldn't have to navigate public transit with them. I paid for that convenience happily! This situation wasn't quite the same — I didn't know where my luggage was — but thinking about it reframed my upset. There wasn't really anything urgent in that missing suitcase. I didn't want to lose the items I'd bought for myself and friends, but I felt pretty confident I'd get my bag back eventually. After a good night's sleep, things didn't look so grim.

I have to remind myself often about perspective. The way you look at something changes your experience of it. Everything is a story. What I mean is: what you decide to focus on, what you decide to retell, how you decide to retell it, all of that affects how you feel about it.

Five years ago, I didn't know that. Or maybe I didn't believe it. But now, after my coaching work, both individual coaching and coach training, I understand the power of thoughts and intention.

If you're still trying to figure out the relationship between your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions and results, I can help. All you have to do is schedule a one-time clarity session with me. We'll focus on one place where you're feeling stuck or overwhelmed, or how to make progress in a situation or with a goal.

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Joyfully,
Damianne

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