My House, My Home
Michelle Chappell Life Coach Blog
by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
It's honesty time: I'm feeling super emotional about selling my house. 7 years of my life have been spent in this house, designing it, making it my own. Every colour we painted, every finish and fixture that we changed was changed to make it feel like a home for us. We even chose our furniture especially for this house. We set it up just the way we liked it. Our first house. We grew and changed so much as people in this house. Even the 'For Sale' sign out front of the house triggered powerful emotions in me. Over the past month, in getting my house ready for sale, I've shown it more care and r ..read more
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Make Magic Happen!
Michelle Chappell Life Coach Blog
by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
We know them as the famous words uttered by all the Hollywood movie directors: "Lights! Camera! ACTION!" Upon that last word, the clapperboard snaps down and magic is made. But what if the director never said "action"?  So often in initial consultation sessions and even in coaching sessions, people tell me how important X is to them. That X is their number one priority. "I've got to get back in shape, fitness is so important to me," or "I want to put myself first" or even "something's stopping me from being where I want to be and getting it sorted out is my priority." When we ch ..read more
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Step into the light.
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
Today was a day when I felt like quitting. All of it. The coaching, the business building, all of it. I felt like quitting my book. I'm working with a writing coach who is helping me finish my book. To put it mildly, it hasn't been easy to write. In fact, it's one of the hardest things I've ever done because it demands that I commit effort every single day to something without any idea of what it will look like in the end, whether it will be good or what it will even accomplish. We humans like our immediate results and our instant gratification. Writing a book has literally NONE of that. That ..read more
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To the victims of Jian Ghomeshi...
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
Jian Ghomeshi has been acquitted of all 4 charges against him. Four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. According to CBC.ca, in his ruling, the Judge said, that the "deceptive and manipulative" evidence given by the complainants raised a reasonable doubt as to Ghomeshi's guilt.  I'm not surprised by this. I'm sad. Ghomeshi's lawyer did exactly what she had to do and she did a great job. Now let's get it straight that this verdict does not mean that nothing happened. I'm sure that something did happen. The fact is that his lawyer was successful in discrediting the witne ..read more
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On Being Enough. (Thank You, Brrrlesque)
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
When I heard Ursula say my name for the curtain call on the last night of the show, I froze despite the huge smile on my face. I’d realized there was literally no way to turn back. The tiny backstage area was filled with other performers and zero room to walk by. I’d have to fight my way past them, and there was no way they were losing. 'Why didn't I just wear my dress like at the end of the other shows?' Too late to think about it now. My only option was the stage. I gripped the handle and stem of the open umbrella I was holding across the front of my body and stepped up and out int ..read more
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Video Blog: How to Support Yourself Through a Major Life Change
Michelle Chappell Life Coach Blog
by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
I made a video blog. The link to it is below. I shot it at 10,033 feet at the summit of Mt. Haleakala on Maui, Hawaii. Was it the best place to shoot my first video blog? Maybe, maybe not, and that doesn't really matter right now. There are many things I would love to change about this video: my voice, my clothing, my appearance, the location, the tourist walking through my shot and the fact that I had to keep looking at my notes because I couldn't remember my carefully prepared message due to a headache and dizziness caused by mild altitude sickness. This represents the first time I ..read more
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Roller Derby: The Only Four Skills You Need to Succeed
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
The online derbyverse is filled with posts by skaters who aren't quite able to master a particular skill. Whether it’s crossovers, transitions, one-foot glides, I read posts all the time written by skaters who are (figuratively) shitting all over themselves when they can’t nail skills after only 3 or 4 practices. One post I recall reading on Facebook (or making up just now by mashing up 4 or 5 different posts) said this: I’ve only been skating for about 10 hours in total but I totally suck. I try to get my one-foot glides and I totally fall down every time. If another skater even loo ..read more
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Stress: Are You a Prisoner?
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
A few nights ago I noticed my cat seemed to be scratching an awful lot in the same place on her neck. I didn't think much about it until a few hours later while I was playing with her and she stopped to scratch the spot again. A little tuft of fur flew out. When I checked the side of her neck I found that she was bleeding because she had scratched the area raw. Suspecting her itchiness was caused by an allergy to a new food we were trying with her, the next morning I went to see the veterinarian to pick up an E collar (also known as the cone of shame) and to ..read more
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New Year's Reflections, Resolutions and You: 2015 Edition
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
Today is January 1, 2015 and it's the day that my Facebook newsfeed goes insane with new year posts. Posts about what 2014 was like, and posts about what awaits in 2015. There are two themes (among others) that I've noticed in these posts which I will now sum up in broad, sweeping, generalized statements, followed by some life coachy stuff. (Also be warned, I seem to be into Harry Potter and Star Wars references today.) Hope you enjoy! Broad, sweeping, generalized statement # 1: Dear 2014: Every single day we spent together sucked the very life from my soul the way a Dementor drains peac ..read more
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Make Christmas Traditions Your Own
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by Michelle Chappell
3y ago
At times, Christmas can feel like one of the most hectic, stressful and crazy times of year. There's the decorating, cooking, baking, hosting, visiting, gift buying, doing the party circuit, card writing and family visits. The list goes on. It can be enough to make your Christmas feel like this: Well, perhaps not with so many cops, guns or crotch-grabbing (or maybe so, I don't know what you're into). If there's a certain chaos and craziness to the scene above that you can't help but relate to, here is the first instalment to help you tame your holidays and make them something you look forward ..read more
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