Invisible Work

The work we do as coaches is made of the invisible stuff. It feels like the knots that need getting worked out on the massage table. Like the glitter that needs to settle in the snow globe. Like the tangles to take out in a ball of yard. Like the calculus proof that needs completing. It can not be seen like the pen in your hand, or the air you breathe on a cold day - it is invisible like love, like the energy you feel when walking into a joyful room.

When we look at the work this way, it begins to take on a world we never saw before. Like adding colors, textures and smells to a visualization and transforming emotionally before our very eyes. Michael Phelps credits his gold medals to his invisible work of visualizing. I credit my good days with my cognitive re-decorating. It’s a world in which I love to play, is backed by the measurable electric activity in the cerebral cortex, and has become so real to me I think I could sketch it out if you wanted me to.

My hope for all my clients is that you too will feel the same way. That you will roll your sleeves up and engage your invisible work with two hands, like digging your hands into a messy recipe. It might be work at first glance, but I trust you will agree the payoff can delight you.