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Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do for others is to hold space

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Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do for others is to hold space for them to work things out for themselves.

—Calm App Reflection

Image from Unsplash by Kelly Sikkema

Sometimes the most powerful way we can support someone isn’t by offering answers, advice, or solutions.

It’s by creating space — quiet, steady, and judgement free — where they can hear their own thoughts.

When we resist the urge to fix things, we communicate trust. We’re saying I believe in your ability to figure this out.

Holding space requires patience and humility. It asks us to listen deeply, to sit with discomfort, and to allow silence to do its work. In that space, people often discover clarity, strength, and direction they didn’t know they had.

We don’t always need to lead.

Sometimes, our greatest gift is simply being present while others find their own way forward.

EXERCISE:

Where in your personal or professional world would holding space for others be the best approach to empower people to discover their own answers and move more confidently forward?

Sometimes just stopping makes space for something new to show up

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Sometimes just stopping makes space for something new to show up.

—Calm App Reflection

Image from Unsplash by Joshua Hoehne

One thing that stood out on our recent return from Florida was the reckless drivers we saw everywhere. Among their most notable traits was how rarely these motorists ever came to a full stop at stop signs on side streets.

Perhaps they saw the red hexagons as mere suggestions, and rolled right through.

Stopping completely has considerable value in both driving and in life. It gives us time to not only look both ways but to also look within.

Assessing our realities, clarifying our intended destinations, and then proceeding with care seems like a wise way to go.

EXERCISE:

Where in your life and world do you roll through the stop signs?

How would applying the brakes more often — and more fully — create a space for something new to show up?

Space is where miracles happen

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“Space is where miracles happen.”

—Rich Litvin, co-author of The Prosperous Coach

Image from Unsplash by NASA

If you happen to be a fan of Star Trek you may have always believed that space is the final frontier.

Keeping your feet planted here on earth, where are you present to the space between things in your life?

How much physical space do you have in your personal and professional environments to breathe and be your best?

How much head space is available to do your best thinking and most creative work?

EXERCISE:

What wonderful things might happen in your life if you made more space for the miraculous to occur?

Where do you need and deserve this space the most?