By Shae HaddenBio
My very first job was as a nursing assistant in a chronic care
hospital. At the tender age of 14, I donned my starched nurse’s cap and
white uniform to spend several hours each day tending to those who
could not care for themselves. Natural processes critical to the body’s
survival—eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, moving, breathing—had
become a moment-by-moment challenge for many of the people we cared
for. Most had lived in this state for innumerable years—there were few
new faces in the wards and even fewer visitors during the two summers I
worked there.
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By Don Arnoudse
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I
get paid, and quite handsomely, for listening and talking to people. As
a Personal and Executive Coach, I’ve engaged daily for the past six
years in the most intimate, often surprising, and always intense
dialogues with very interesting people who are dealing with high-stakes
dilemmas in their professional and personal lives. Part of my process
is to intentionally provoke them. Provoke them into thinking in
unconventional ways, into getting in touch with deep feelings they’ve
been avoiding, and coming to grips with uncomfortable realities they’ve
been deferring. And they provoke me, in turn. By surfacing issues they
haven’t discussed with anyone (in some cases, not even their spouses).
They invite me to dive into the complexities of their situations and
help simplify their choices, generate new possibilities and shine a
light on their blind spots.[
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