The blog is back, babaaay!

"What we offer [others] is often the very thing we deny ourselves." - A very wise ballerina

The blog is back, babaaay!

Dear humans:

I'm trying a new thing where I make use of this totally cool and legit blog that I started, back in 2012... It turns out, I still love writing, especially when I give myself adequate time to do it! So, in lieu of a lengthy email, I leave you with a teaser of my most recent blog post about why I recently hired a business coach, and a few new habits I'm trying. Also, see below the teaser for two delightful events coming up that I'm extra-pumped about!!

And in case I don't say it enough, I am so flippin' grateful that you are here as part of this community. Happy June! :)

Big love,
Abby

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Why I Hired a Coach

Nine years ago, I attended a talk as part of a “Portland Young Professionals” series. I don’t remember the name of the woman who gave it - all I remember is that she was a soft spoken former ballerina who had started her own business. Her talk was simple, with no powerpoint slides or visual aides, but I remember her thesis so clearly:

What we offer our clients is often the very thing we deny ourselves.

When I heard it, I felt my heart drop.

I had recently moved to Portland, and was hustling my bustle around the city to teach yoga at pretty much any studio that would hire me. I was teaching 8-10 classes a week - some in NE, some in SE, and even two in Tigard. I didn’t have a car at the time, so I was biking, carpooling, and taking the bus everywhere. It was exhausting, but I put up with it because I thought that was what being a yoga teacher was: You pour your heart out, sacrifice your own body if you have to, and accept the fact that you’ll be traveling all over town, accepting shit pay - because you love yoga so much and you want so badly to share it with others and it’s an honor just to teach!

But I couldn’t remember the last time I had practiced yoga, for me...

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