Jonathan Thomas

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Pausing When The Heat Of Difficult Situations Is Turned Up

It can be difficult during challenging situations to slow down to counterbalance heightened emotions with important values. The intense heat or urgency of a situation can quickly boil over the rim of our emotional container. When the fire of a situation is raging and quickly spreading, it can be difficult…

Pausing When The Heat Of Difficult Situations Is Turned Up

Narratives in Life Pausing to consider our response-ability in challenging situations can help us to Get on the Same Page with our self and others important to us. Asking, “What can I do differently that might make this situation better?” Consider the next few narratives. Have you heard a backstory…

Centering Clay on a Potter’s Wheel

A Metaphor for Life Clay represents a metaphor for a life of relationships-and situations-and you are the potter. Life will offer its external and internal expectations of what the final piece should look like. It is the potter who gets to decide when: to add pressure and to ease up;…

Journaling and the Best Next Step Part 2

Journaling and the Best Next Step Part 2

Journaling for a few minutes each day can expand your experiences without the expense of travel. And it only requires a small investment of your time. In part 1 of our Journaling and Best Next Steps blog, we talked about maintaining and building strong mental muscles as part of our…

Simple. Not Easy Building Trust

Building Trust in Teams to Foster Self Accountability

Innovative problem-solving Do you feel like you’re micromanaged in your current role? Do you feel like the new environment for business is asking you for more details or you’re being asked to fill out extra paperwork to justify your daily role? If you’re looking for new ways to prevent the…

Simple Not Easy Map

Being Awake. Being Aware. Being Able.

Being Awake Think of your situation, challenge, or crossroad in life as a road trip. Before you can get behind the wheel of a car and make the trip, you first need to be awake. Of course, with the advent of modern GPS systems where our journey can easily be…

Finding Direction in Times of Uncertainty

If there was ever a time in history when most of the world experienced uneasiness, loss, and anxiety conjointly, we are living it now. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn have many questioning their current situation and what’s the next best course of action to pursue. Not only are…

Evolution of Business Coaching

The future of business coaching is evolving. Once reserved for the highest levels of executives, coaching, it now benefits a wide range of stakeholders in large organizations and institutions. But with the diversity comes more demand and some industry growing pains. Learn more about the evolution of business coaching.

Self-Positioning in Challenging Times

Certainty In Self-Positioning

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Trust the Map

CoreSelf mapping from Simple Not Easy allows teams and individuals to navigate each vantage point and trust the map laid out in front of them.