What coaching means to me … Somewhere along the way, I lost myself. My life was adrift and I was stubbornly shouldering whatever was cast my direction. Survival was instinct and then I read a vulnerable little paragraph that introduced me to Barry, “The Coach”. I was floored with awe. It’s ok to be me? My coaching with Barry started with a severely depressed spirit. A spirit who learned to let fear and failures take rein. Our sessions have helped me nourish my soul by embracing my failures, celebrating my weaknesses, toasting my strengths, and most importantly, listening to my spirit. My life has an exhilarating, wholesome, aliveness to it that I find hard to believe I ever functioned without. I treasure and trust the relationship I have with my coach. The excitement he has when we are really digging into something is contagious. And no matter what the topic or outcome, he is always ready to get dirty…and hold my hand. Coaching has brought passion back into my life, a genuine lust for everything life has to offer. It has brought an eagerness to embrace every moment; to its fullest emotion; genuinely me.