A Journey With Chiron

 Kinesiology meets Life Coaching

So you have gone through a consult and we agree that we are a good fit!

Time to move on to the first phase.

Phase 1:
Assessment and Research

We will dig into your goals and focus to make sure this is how and what you want to commit to. focusing it and making it realistic to your lifestyle and timeframe.
if you don't know your focus that can be the focus of your time!

skills involved: How differentiate what online resources to trust and choose, how to determine where I am in my journey, structure without structure

Phase 2: Intention

we will now take the info collected and build it into a full rounded mind body Intention, here we may find some areas to intervene depending on where you are in your mind body journey.

skills involved: Building a mind body Intention, Basic Body awareness, Basic Mind Awareness, How to dissect my attention into the skills and habits needed.

Phase 3.
Attention

by now we have done some research built some rapport with ourselves and emotional weight to our decision followed by an intention including both mind + body. the stage is set, now we need to prepare for ACTION!!
In this phase we will warm you up and set the plan for the action to occur.

skills involved: How to remove Friction in your work, How to Make Sticky Habits, How to work without motivation, the power of ritual.

Phase 4:
Focus

It's time to get to work l, but not to worry you are not on your own just yet, you may be itching to go but there are important steps to keep your focus when that boost of motivation has dried up.

skills involved: how to create a distraction free workplace, how to set boundaries with yourself and others, how to take breaks without losing your flow, how to get the most amount of focus your mind will let you.

Phase 5:
Flow

We made it. your doing the work , but it's a whole lot of work still, I want that timeless effortless dynamic feeling. well we can set you up for that as well. Flow can be engineered, demeding on your disposition.

skills involved: how to quickly drop into flow, how to maximize your time in flow, how to take breaks without losing your flow, how to use flow for everything you do.

Metaphor and Systems Thinking

Metaphor is a powerful tool to create understanding, by stacking two concepts on top of each other.

With every metaphor we have to take some liberties to make it fit, so this like all is not to be taken completely literal, take it with a grain of salt as they say.

By setting up a framework and understanding our your individual mind solves problems it can help you deal with things out of your comfort zone or simply show you where you are stuck ( if you are stuck!

This is one of the many tools I use in my practice.

Sing up for a free consult and we can go through it and help you make your own version!

As always

Stay beautiful

- Keaton

What is Kinesiology?

Kinesiology is the study of human movement. Kinesiologists explore how the body moves, why it moves in certain ways, and how to optimize movement for health, performance, and rehabilitation.

Key areas of focus in kinesiology include:

• Biomechanics: The study of the mechanics of human movement, including forces, torque, and leverage.

• Exercise physiology: The study of how the body responds to physical activity, including changes in heart rate, respiration, and muscle function.

• Motor control: The study of how the nervous system controls movement, including coordination, balance, and posture.

• Sport psychology: The study of the psychological factors that influence athletic performance, such as motivation, anxiety, and self-confidence.

it is a new form of allied health professional

As a kinesiologist I work on the symptoms to treat the patient not the diagnosis.

By building habits setting goals, space can be created to better tackle the difficult challenges of the day.

With a Kinesiologist you can

• learn how your body moves

• learn how to build a program that works for your body

  • which exercises

  • how often

  • how difficult

  • how much

I understand that humans come in an infinite number of options

this is why as a kinesiologist I will teach you the methods and empower you to take charge of your body.

Start now with a fit check!

What Is Life Coaching?

It’s about helping you get from where you are to where you want to be.

Life coaching is a creative and collaborative process that helps individuals clarify their goals, overcome obstacles, and make lasting changes in their lives. Unlike therapy, which often focuses on healing from the past, life coaching deals with the present is forward-looking and action-oriented.

A life coach provides guidance, support, and accountability as you work toward your goals.

They guide you to identify what’s holding you back, develop strategies to move forward, and stay on track. Whether you want to improve your career, relationships, health, or overall well-being,

In short, life coaching is about empowering you to take charge of your life, make positive changes, and achieve your full potential. If you’re feeling stuck or seeking a new direction, life coaching can provide the clarity, motivation, and tools you need to move forward confidently.

How does it work?

• Goal Setting: A life coach helps you define clear, achievable goals.

• Overcoming Obstacles: They provide strategies to overcome roadblocks and stay motivated.

• Accountability: They offer support and accountability to keep you on track.

• Self-Discovery: They help you uncover your strengths, values, and beliefs.

Who can benefit from life coaching?

Anyone looking to:

• Improve their career

• Enhance their relationships

• Increase their self-confidence

• Reduce stress and anxiety

• Achieve personal growth

  a life coach helps you create a plan and stick to it.

What If?

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  Chasing societal definitions of success—like career achievements and external validation—often leads to a sense of emptiness and constant questioning of one's choices.

  The impact of societal pressures to achieve, the importance of self-reflection, and the danger of defining oneself solely through the perceptions of others.

  The need for ongoing personal growth and the reassessment of one's beliefs and self-perceptions.

  Embrace a beginner's mindset to continuously update your beliefs to align with one's true self.

  Ultimately, the power to define oneself rests within, not with external factors or others' perceptions.

Welcome to the 3rd iteration of this page of thoughts.

I am not sure why or when or how I got the idea to do one of these things.

But I keep coming back here, thinking I have something to say…

So, "What’s been on your mind Keaton?" you say.

Catch us up.

Give us the goods.

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Well…

I have settled down.

I have been trying to "make it" -  a career, a "life", a community.

I have been trying to make a new Keaton - And that was where trouble came knocking.

Trying to “Find” Myself

I was chasing my tail. That is what I was doing, chasing my tail, never stopping to smell the flowers.

Society tells us we have to, be that, be this, be better and that money can get you there.

For the sake of this post, lets imagine you are already there wherever that may be for you:

move well, digest well, abundance of income, happy family, friends want you, coworkers desire you, cute humans adore you,

whatever “making it” means to you.

Lets say you’re there that you’ve “made it”.

So you’re there.

You are 30,

now what?

Do you sit and enjoy it?

There is a reason why so many top (individual) athletes fall into a depression after they catch the title they have been chasing all their lives.

“A higher proportion of individual sport athletes reported anxiety or depression than team sport athletes (13% vs. 7%, p < 0.01). Individual sport athletes were more likely than athletes in team sports to play their sports for goal-oriented reasons, as opposed to for fun”

I am no different, at some point I bought into the idea of chasing moving goals, which did in fact get me far, some might even say successful. I managed to start a Career and that should be a huge accomplishment right?

But my target kept moving..

And I kept going- empty of any real feeling of accomplishment.

In Pursuit of Happiness.

I have to find the best.

I would keep drifting away from the path I was on, hoping to find something different.

Again and again I would return back to where I was, as if the joke was that I was already where I needed to be, and I knew it too, but something itched inside me saying what if.

What if there is a cool waterfall over there, what if we miss something, what if there’s a “better view"?

This left me split in many different pieces, I could never settle into one thing. The what if was just too strong.

I look back on many of these moments and they appear to me like forks in the road, stuck with two decisions, you always have to choose don’t you?

That "what if" can be fueled by many things.

Mine was fueled by old beliefs

they came from my parents

they came from the schools I went to

they came from my friends, people I lived near

They came from many places, outside of Keaton.

It was the insatiable urge “how can I be better”. It was more than that, it was how can I be that, because that would be better than this.

How I can I be better than Keaton…

Humans are Social

The more I thought about the question “who is Keaton?” I kept coming back to the Idea that we exist through the perceptions of others.

This concept seems to be the reason ideas can sound amazing in our heads, but when we say them aloud to a friend they might sound utterly silly.

When we take too much alone time, there seems to be a great risk of spiraling into infinity, you may have experienced some of that during The Lock Down, spiraling, I sure as heck did.

It seems that we need someone to throw ourselves against. Someone to call us out on our madness, to ground us into reality.

The problem is, this wiring to define ourselves through the perceptions of others the over use of external validation can lead to a downfall.

Categories

our Mind categorizes things to make life easier, if every day we had to think “who is this person, can I trust them?” about a person we share a kitchen with we would be exhausted.

So we categorize things people and experiences to help free up space in our minds.

These categories are sometimes referred to as bias’, they help us determine how we interact with the world in hopes of achieving our desired intention.

We also use these categories to define ourselves.

How we are perceived by others creates a sort of mirror we can use to define ourselves (instead of infinity) we are able to understand our limits.

We need others to be our mirror, like checking out our hair, we need to checkout our ‘social hair’ or else we might be running around looking like (insert cultural messy hair reference) which might be fine if your going to dance at the beach, but turns into a bit of a problem when your going to interview for (most) jobs.

The problem is, judging defining ourselves completely based on how others perceive us can be our downfall as well.

what you can do

what you like

what you dislike

Who you are (most of the time).

We need to consistently check in with our beliefs to make sure they still serve us and are helping us get to where we we want to go.

Updating your System

Our self perceptions can and will change over a lifetime.

Some of them we cling too like a shield, they are comfortable, they make us feel safe (Why would I take my armor off? We might go to war again).

This is why you have to constantly update who you think you are, like a Windows computer, nonstop.

Updating , as some of you know, often takes a lot bloody longer than you would like it to, with lots of stops and starts and sometimes a crash or two.

call it open minded

call it beginners mind

call it wiping the slate

call the process whatever you want,

Embracing it is simple in concept but challenging in practice.

Simple not Easy.

A Path

So the journey continues- deciding which mirrors to reflect upon myself, while constantly updating my concepts to direct me towards whom I hope to become one day.

I am shaped by my interactions with the people, places, and content I engage with. It took me a long time to really understand the weight of that statement.

Realizing the extent to which the outside world molds my self-perception…

But hey there is good news.

You decide.

Wow you made it to the end!!

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Keaton

a great talk to expand on some of these ideas