I’m excited to let you know that this site will soon have a new name:  Work Consciously.

I picked this name because I think it better expresses the work I’m doing these days in my writing, speaking and coaching.  My work today is about helping people get conscious of the patterns of thinking and feeling that sidetrack us as we’re working — painful memories from the past, concerns about the criticism we’ll get, and so on.  When we become aware of, and let ourselves fully experience, these thoughts and feelings, they often dissolve, leaving us more peaceful and productive.

Why The Old Name Is Retiring

“Purpose Power Coaching” doesn’t capture these ideas quite as fully for me.  I like the alliteration (the two words starting with “P”), but it also seems to me like a fairly generic life coaching website name.  To me, it brings up images people usually associate with coaching — people thinking about what they’d do if they couldn’t fail, visualizing what they want as vividly as possible, and so on.  If you’ve read my book or some of my articles, you’ve probably realized that isn’t quite what my approach is about.

I think it’s wonderful to have goals, and I also think doing a lot of visualizing our ideal future can be a trap.  For many of us, I think, constantly focusing on the future can be a way to escape what we’re experiencing now — just like checking e-mail, instant messaging, and so on distract us from the frustration we feel in our work.  The paradox is that, when our minds are lost in imagining the future, we can’t deal with the patterns of thinking and feeling blocking us, right now, from achieving what we want.

It can be uncomfortable to really bring our awareness into the present — to notice the places where our bodies are tight or our breathing is shallow, and watch the thoughts we recycle nonstop throughout the day.  This isn’t always easy to do — even when I’m working with someone one-on-one, it can take a while for them to feel safe enough to fully experience what’s going on for them.  But we can only let go of that tightness, or the ways we put ourselves down and hold ourselves back, if we’re willing to face and experience them, instead of running away.

A Fresh Start

I’ve hugely enjoyed writing for this blog so far.  And, I think the site has the potential to reach and benefit more people.  I suspect the title and presentation might be holding me back on that score — people who have an instant negative reaction to the idea of coaching, or are tired of websites about finding your purpose, inner power, and so on, may be turned off by it.  I don’t want the site’s format to get in the way of my mission to bring people peace and focus in what they do.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to radically revamp my content — I’m going to keep all the articles I’ve written so far, and I won’t start writing about celebrities or something to get pageviews.    The new format actually feels more aligned with my values, rather than less.

Anyway, I hope this site has been helpful and enjoyable for you so far, and I’ll see you soon “on the other side.”

Love, Chris

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