Allison Crow

Humaning

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Alignment, Authentic Leadership, Coaching, Creative Practice, Inner Whisper, Leadership, Managing Energy, Recovering Overachiever, Releasing Resistance, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Small Biz Support

Trust Your Practices and Process over the Man Made Dates

I can trust practices and processes. When I try to shove them into a calendar or deadline – the processes and practices get detoured by “I’m doing it wrong.” I have nurturing practices -that I KNOW bring me to clarity, confidence, and action. I have… [read more]

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Authentic Leadership, Behind the Curtain, Care of the Soul, Compassionate Inquiry, Emotions, Grief, HEART, IFS Coaching, Internal Family Systems, Internal Family Systems Coaching, Leadership, Life Coaching, Love, My Mentors, Ordinary Courage, Personal, Personal Growth, Recovering Overachiever, Releasing Resistance, Sacred Journeys, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Soul-Full Living, Soul-Work, Unarmored, Wild Edges of Being Human

Wild Edge Of Being Human: Musings on Grief.

Grief does not feel like the wisest business strategy lately – Especially as a coach – A small protector part of me -influenced by “perfection only” past mentors, feels this deep obligation to be cheery and “positive.” (Those same mentors always “shoulded” that concise was… [read more]

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Anxiety, Art, Care of the Soul, Expressive Arts, Mindset and Thinking, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, The Body Always Knows, Wild Edges of Being Human

Step into the Making to Get Out of Your Head

Itโ€™s post-book launch. I still show up for my writing practice group most days. My favorite dog has died, the year has ended, and my nervous system is slowly recuperating from a year of challenge after challenge. My writing coach asks each of us, โ€œWhat… [read more]

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Care of the Soul, Compassionate Inquiry, Depression, Love, Personal, Releasing Resistance, Renewal, Sacred Journeys, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Source, Spirituality, Wild Edges of Being Human

I tossed an entire prayer book into the trash

I just tossed an entire book into the recycle bin. So much for that prayerful meditation. I opened a prayer book to a random page – and it landed on a prayer for “emotional distress.” And the line that pissed me off was this: “I… [read more]

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Anxiety, Authentic Leadership, Behind the Curtain, Care of the Soul, Creative Practice, Emotions, Internal Family Systems Coaching, Mindset and Thinking, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Wild Edges of Being Human

Let go to be in the moment

Tone: peaceful   Bianca Forte is the choice today. Carmel Cookie is my go-to.   For the last few months, Iโ€™ve been waking up with slightly anxious parts going through all the things pressing on me. Anxiety in the early morning is new for me…. [read more]

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Achievement and Success, Anxiety, Authentic Leadership, Compassionate Inquiry, Emotions, Internal Family Systems, Life Coaching, Mindset and Thinking, Personal Growth, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Soul-Full Living, The Body Always Knows, Wild Edges of Being Human

It Can Be Safe to Feel

Something BRILLIANT my therapist helped me see.   “I am safe, AND I am feeling ______.” There were moments in this post-heart attack and post-hard-ass emotional summer – that I felt NOT OK. The subconscious sensation of my difficult emotions and thoughts was that I… [read more]

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Chart with Being attributes on the left - Cultivate, Being, Resilience, Ownership, and Leading Emotions with Compassion on the Left. Doing aspects of a business - Marketing, Sales, Delivery, Operations on the Right. White chart with watercolor blue edge and yellow watercolor labels. ,
Achievement and Success, Alignment, Biz Secrets, Coaching, IFS Coaching, Leadership, Managing Energy, Mindset and Thinking, Online Business, Self Leadership, Small Biz Support, Soul-Full Success, Spiritual Business

Monday Morning Check In: BEING

Happy Monday. Let’s start in the upper left section today. This assumes your nervous system is in a calm and regulated state. If not, then that becomes priority #1. Nervous system regulation is primary. From that space, we can be aware and imagine our ๐—•๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—š… [read more]

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Anxiety, Authentic Leadership, Behind the Curtain, IFS Coaching, Internal Family Systems Coaching, Leadership, Life Coaching, Mindset and Thinking, Ordinary Courage, Personal Growth, Recovering Overachiever, Releasing Resistance, Remember, Self Compassion, Self Leadership, Small Biz Support, Soul-Full Living, Soul-Full Success, Unarmored, Wild Edges of Being Human

Your Leaders are Mortal

Your leaders, whether they show it or not, are human. After my heart attack – one of my former clients sent me a message saying, “I love you, and your heart attack scared the shit out of me because I relate to you & can’t… [read more]

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