{"id":5826,"date":"2020-08-26T06:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T10:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2020-08-19T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:25:19","slug":"covid-brain-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2020\/08\/covid-brain-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Brain Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5838\" src=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-944x1416.jpg 944w, https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-j30hr58ZPRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>COVID Brain Part 2: Coaching Conversations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I have a client who has struggled w\/ depression in the past and is struggling with isolation now. In a recent coaching session (in which he wanted to \u201cwork through some of the negative shit\u201d), I asked him this question:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you learning about yourself as a result of having to live in lockdown for five months? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After one or two self-deprecating comments, he slowed down and became reflective. I won\u2019t share everything he said, but the core theme became, <strong>\u201cI\u2019m both stronger and more fragile than I realized.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aren\u2019t we all? <\/strong>I hope you\u2019re noticing how fragile are the threads that hold your life together, yet how resilient you have been under stress. Take time to give yourself credit for that. Perhaps, like my client, you are learning that those threads are like a spider\u2019s \u2013 able to hold a lot more tension than you would have guessed!<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@enginakyurt?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">engin akyurt<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/spider-web?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID Brain Part 2: Coaching Conversations I have a client who has struggled w\/ depression in the past and is struggling with isolation now. In a recent coaching session (in which he wanted to \u201cwork through some of the negative shit\u201d), I asked him this question: What are you learning about yourself as a result &#8230; <a title=\"COVID Brain Part 2\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2020\/08\/covid-brain-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about COVID Brain Part 2\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5796,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,79,274,228,21],"tags":[180,290,51,191,220,152,304],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID Brain Part 2 - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reflection during a global pandemic. 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