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Well hello. Introduction post! I’m Allegra. Coach to Ideas and Awesome Humans. Mom. Married to my mountain man. California (LA!) girl at heart living in the woods of NY’s Hudson Valley. I love getting so lost in a book I carry it around with me everywhere. My favorite times of day are early in the morning with my first cup of coffee and late afternoon with a super cold IPA next to our fire pit. I’m most lit up by heart-centered IDEAS and when people tell me about that thing they REALLY want to do. Then if I’m lucky I get to coach them around bringing that idea to life and learning more about themselves along the way than they could have imagined. It’s like a little piece of me gets to live out in all of these amazing people and things happening in the world. It’s my current way of nurturing my adventurous spirit — helping you do really cool stuff and rediscover your total awesomeness. I see through fear and stories. I make a mean chocolate chip cookie and bowl of fresh popcorn. I love sending snail mail. I still sleep with my childhood blankie (it has magic calming powers you know what I’m talking about). I try and cook dinner every night for my fam. I wish all of my coaching sessions could be held while hiking together. My preferred uniform = jeans, hoodie and flip flops. Super in to road trips these days. Good at math. Amateur seamstress and zine maker. // Tell me something about yourself would you?
The #100ideasproject as interpreted by my daughter (trees!), my son (snowflakes!), and my friend @movingcompanydance (mountains of the mind!) — I’ll take ‘em all. xo
Time and time again I’ve witnessed that when a person gives their idea some time and space to spread its wings, they realize that they are so much closer to it than they’d thought. I want you to consider that whatever idea it is that you want to bring to life, the path is already at your feet. The steps ahead simple and uncomplicated. // (And if you’d like some help in finding that clarity and sketching out that map, I’d love to invite you to talk about the possibility of a Whiteboard Session week-long coaching partnership. Your idea is craving that kind of attention. #linkinbio for how to connect.)
Listed a new video on YouTube (#linkinbio) where I share a behind-the-scenes look at one of the latest Whiteboard Sessions. If you’ve been curious to know more about how they work, what the whiteboards end up looking like and how an idea gets activated through a WBS coaching partnership this is a good one to watch.
My favorite metaphors inspired by real coaching partnerships. I ❤️ them. (That snack plate came up yesterday during a #whiteboardsession and it’s one of my FAVES). A super fun moment with any client is when we stumble upon the perfect metaphor to represent their current circumstance or story. It allows us to see everything more clearly, strip away some of the hot emotions, and use simpler ideas and pictures to capture a complex situation. It becomes a central theme and idea around which we can co-create solutions, new ideas, and next steps. What’s your metaphor of choice?
Whatever it is you can’t stop thinking about, whatever you’re finding inspiration in, whatever adventure or evolution or shift you keep ruminating over — that idea has a gift to give you. A lesson to teach. An opportunity to show you more about who you are and what you’re capable of. It goes deeper than your fear. Deeper than whatever stuckness you may feel mired in. Know that there is a reason.
Tomorrow marks the start of school for my kiddos, which also means the start of a new coaching season for me. My calendar is full this week and, for the first time in almost three months, I’ll be operating with some more routine and structure around my schedule. At the same time I’m also leaping towards a big goal - the #100ideasproject - and everything that comes with that: new connections, discovery calls, whiteboard sessions, client partnerships, sharing, celebrating, snail mail packages, intention.... #allthethings // With everything going on I viscerally recognize the importance of setting quiet time aside every morning to get clear on my day ahead and intentional about my timing and focus, as well as in the afternoon to reflect on my work day before the kids get home and I shift in to home/family mode. I recognize the need to SCHEDULE these pauses at the start and end of each day in order for them to become habitual. I encourage you to do the same, especially if you — like me — have many projects and priorities in the air.
5/5: You’re not really stuck. I promise. There’s just so much stuff going on in your mind, such a tangle of thoughts, stories, what if’s, options, etc. that you’re simply having a hard time spotting the wisdom and guidance that is already there within you. When you’re ready to get unstuck and get that idea👏 activated 👏, let’s talk // allegrastein.com/connect (#linkinbio)