WonderPlay Coaching

How My First Ice-Bath Changed My Life A Tale in Six Chapters (and it wasn't even the therapeutic benefits) Hear me out, friends. [CW: pole dancing happens in this post.] [I tried to capture some media to share in this post, but we did this at nighttime, and the images turned out pretty poorly. You'll have to use your imagination...!] TL;DR: skip to the 6 points below! A little background: I classify myself as an athlete.  Specifically, Pole Athlete & Artist. Witness my only Eagle in a public performance, lessons from which I mention in my previous blog post . Photo by Peter Yeung Photography I am familiar with much of the wisdom readily available about common rituals and remedies that athletes of different ilks might use in their routines. I am certainly not an expert by any means, but I have gained some knowledge and some practices that I like and that have worked for me.  Mindset practices Meditation Goal-setting Success/victory mind...

Content Advisory: This is (another) pole dance heavy post, centered around my personal journey. I am approaching the final competition in my season (Pole Theatre USA in Atlanta!) , and upon reflection, I was struck by the fact that the delicious lessons I've learned from my eagle are majorly applicable to coaching. Hence, blog post. To clarify, when I say "Eagle," I'm not talking about the feathery one. It's this one, where the Instagram hashtag is #pdeagle. (“pd” is for “pole dancing” for the uninitiated.) This is my very first one, and my teacher (taking this photo in the background) had to sort of shove my foot into my hands. I had unconsciously applied this formula in a few previous competition seasons with great success, and I am inspired to share what I've taken away from that. Finally, someone who would not only agree to teach me #pdeagle, but also said, "Oh, that's easy!" before we had even warmed up, just from hearing that I was be...

I’d like to introduce you to a tiny video clip from a final dress rehearsal . This is from my 2018 pole competition piece. Turn the sound up to hear my reaction to breaking a piece of a prop: “Sh*t. There goes that!” Unexpected result: it was one hell of a dress rehearsal run - arguably even better than the actual performance, when the props all stayed in one piece. What is possible when our best-laid plans go awry? BluesSHOUT! 2016, featuring myself and partner Curtis Ellis when we heard an unexpected lyric during our [blues dance] competition final. Who KNOWS what happened next. PC Mélanie Bert I know that I can create a Win-Win situation  out of seemingly impossible dichotomies.  And so I ask: How can life be Perfect when it seems Messy? Where am I willing to generate Perfection within Chaos? How could I see Chaos AS Perfection? I’ve collected many thoughts on this in the last few years. I was in a coaching group led by Megan T...

I'm writing about entrepreneurship (in my case, solopreneurship) today, in all of its gory glory. I find that I've hesitated to share these thoughts publicly, because my story seems unfinished to me. I suppose that's a good thing, because my story will continue after this! But it's more than that. I'm not the poster child of a “successful entrepreneur” - at least not yet. “Struggling entrepreneur” or “surviving entrepreneur” seems to be a better fit right now. I don't see myself as having “that success story of a six-figure work-from-anywhere winner” that will inspire people to quit their 9-to-5s. I do get to live an ignited life full of passion for what I do every day - and I’ll be the first to point out that that alone does not generate income. Why share NOW, then, when my career change isn’t neatly wrapped up with a pretty bow? One of my friends said it well - when we share (ok, sometimes more like admit) our challenges to each other, we humanize...