Looking back, a former version of me—at my peak Type A—could’ve been classified as a self-improvement junkie. If there was a new book, podcast, or course that promised to help me uplevel, I was in.
Does this resonate?
It’s certainly where many of my clients are when they first reach out. Coaching becomes the next step in their self-improvement plan. Another way to optimize, fix, or finally become the version of themselves they think they should be.
But I’ve removed the phrase “self-improvement” from my vocabulary—and I often invite clients to do the same.
The concept itself rests on the idea that something is missing or broken. It feeds a subtle but pervasive belief: I’m not enough. Not yet. Not until I’ve read the next book, healed the next wound, learned the next strategy.
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