Begin Anywhere: Less Script, More Presence

Episode 25: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate

What is your relationship to celebration? What an unusual question, you may think. And one that has been on my mind for a long time. My relationship to celebrating – on big and small occasions – has been shifting over the years. I’m sharing reflections about what it meant, how I see it now, and invite to step into your own reflective space for the sake of more aliveness and participation in life.  I’d love to hear from you. Reach out at irina@irinapashina.com, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinapashina/], or visit irinapashina.com [https://irinapashina.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] to learn more about my work as a coach, mentor, supervisor, facilitator, and speaker. Thank you for joining me on this journey of reflection and connection.

Episode 24: Avoiding (again)

A pattern of avoiding wants to be seen. I’m speaking about the pattern of avoiding rest in this short episode. It knocked on my door again and I felt it in my bones. By bringing it here, I hope to invite you to see how avoiding is showing up in your life, what is its intelligence, and how you can see it more for deeper awareness and choice.  I’d love to hear from you. Reach out at irina@irinapashina.com, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinapashina/], or visit irinapashina.com [https://irinapashina.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] to learn more about my work as a coach, mentor, supervisor, facilitator, and speaker. Thank you for joining me on this journey of reflection and connection.

Episode 23: Relationship Landscape

What a mysterious episode title :-) Episode 23 comes rolling out a red carpet for reflection on and around relationships. What are they? Who are we in them? What is our relationship landscape or garden? Listen in and join the reflective mood around relationships as a web of life.  I’d love to hear from you. Reach out at irina@irinapashina.com, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinapashina/], or visit irinapashina.com [https://irinapashina.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] to learn more about my work as a coach, mentor, supervisor, facilitator, and speaker. Thank you for joining me on this journey of reflection and connection.

Episode 22: On Seeing More

This episode was inspired by a brief and seemingly insignificant moment earlier today.  My view this morning - as I was writing, and reviewing supervision materials - became a metaphor. A metaphor of seeing in our lives and our world, of how and how much we get to perceive, what could be in the way, and what becomes possible when more of the picture becomes visible for us.  At some point - deep into my work - I heard the sound of blinds going up. When I lifted my gaze, I saw a more complete picture of what was in front of me. In full color, bigger, moving and full of aliveness. There was something powerful about this change and it reminded me of the impact deeper awareness can have on us and our human experience. And it’s part of my own evolution and purpose as a human being and practitioner of coaching and supervision.  I keep wondering with curiosity, humility, and awe - what is there to be discovered when we look deeper? How has all of our life brought us to this very moment of our expression and was is it inviting us to?  ******************************************** I’d love to hear from you. Reach out at irina@irinapashina.com, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinapashina/], or visit irinapashina.com [https://irinapashina.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] to learn more about my work as a coach, mentor, supervisor, facilitator, and speaker. Thank you for joining me on this journey of reflection and connection.

Episode 21: Friction, Friction, Friction

Friction showed up as a door opener for me today. And I used it as such to record another episode and explore how events - small and big - can reveal so much in us and for us. What happens in us when things don't go to plan, when we have no answers, when what we do doesn't seem to yield the results we hoped for? How can we meet the moment as it is and be with it? It was intriguing to bring this topic and a minor irritation and to notice the fog around it dissipate more and more as I could meet it as what it was, and become aware of what was at play under the surface. I hope this episode brings a new perspective or sense of presence for you as you go through your day and week.  I’d love to hear from you. Reach out at irina@irinapashina.com, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinapashina/], or visit irinapashina.com [https://irinapashina.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] to learn more about my work as a coach, mentor, supervisor, facilitator, and speaker. Thank you for joining me on this journey of reflection and connection.