Provision #576: Be Fully Alive
by Bob Tschannen-Moran
LifeTrek Laser Provision
What does it mean to be fully alive? Simply put, it means to be filled with
life, energy, joy, freedom, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, and
self-awareness. Too few people evidence those qualities and know what that feels
like. To be filled with life does not happen by accident. It comes to pass
through cultivation. Today we launch a new series of Provisions that will
explain the what and the how of being fully alive.
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I have been pleased to
spend time recently with the work of L. Michael Hall on what he calls "meta-coaching". Although his books
are not well edited, his concepts and historical context for coaching are
right on target. I particularly like the way he anchors coaching in the
traditions of humanistic psychology that developed over the past 50
years, starting with Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers (to name only two). Hall
describes coaching as applied humanistic psychology; it is a method for
assisting people to become fully alive or what Maslow described as "self-actualized."
What does someone look like who is fully alive? Hall describes them as having the following
capacities, attitudes, and states:
- the capacity to tolerate uncertainty
- acceptance of self and others
- genuine caring and love
- spontaneity and creativity
- need for private and solitude, detachment
- capacity for deep and intense relationships
- a more philosophical attitude about things
- autonomy: independence of culture and need for conformity
- a sense of humor and lightness
- more efficient perception of reality
- altruistic
- an inner directedness and absences of artificial dichotomies (love/hate,
weak/strong, work/play, etc.)
- more democratic in attitudes and dealings with others
- continued freshness of appreciation
- self-transcending
- spontaneity, simplicity, naturalness
- the ability to discriminate between means and ends
- mystic or peak experiences
- a greater sense of the sacredness of life.
Over the next 19 weeks I intend to write Provisions that speak to these
capacities, attitudes, and states. If you want to know what they look like
and how to get there, then I invite you to stay tuned for more.
Coaching Inquiries: What would make your life more fully alive? What
qualities of self-actualization do you identify with most? What qualities
would you seek to develop further? Who could be your partners on the
journey?
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Reading Erika's
reflection on Chautauqua made me aware of my
own desire for freedom, peace, and ease. Life has been too difficult and
stressful lately! Thanks for the reminder of how we can go to that space in
our minds and, in turn, in our lives.
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May you be filled with goodness, peace, and joy.
Bob Tschannen-Moran
LifeTrek Coaching International
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