Erdahl Coaching and Development

08/22/2026

“Restoration is a return to what was, transformation is a transition to what will be”

I’ve been thinking a lot about where we are headed. In so many ways the old paradigm is cracking open. Do we put our energy into what was not working or do we focus on transforming into our best selves. As the light begins to shine through those cracks a new path will appear. Many of my clients are looking for answers as to what this new normal will look like. My experience has taught me when we can walk in grounded confidence healthy choices will appear. We just need to do the inner work to be ready. 💜

08/05/2026

There are moments in life that quietly divide our lives into before and after. One of those moments for me came in 2012.

Every day for thirty days, I drove to radiation treatments after my breast cancer diagnosis. During those drives, I listened to The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

Her words became a companion on the road. More than helping me through treatment, they gently reminded me of something I had forgotten: that even in our hardest seasons, we are still worthy of love, belonging, and hope.

A year later, I traveled to San Antonio to become a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator. I wanted to understand more deeply what it meant to live and lead with courage, and to bring those lessons into my own coaching practice. That week with Brené, her team, Kristin Neff, and nearly one hundred fellow seekers from around the world changed my life forever.

Fast forward to May of this year. After my accident and months of recovery, those same lessons have come back to me in an entirely new way. Recovery has a way of stripping away the illusion that strength means having it all together.

I've learned that courage isn't found in dramatic moments. More often, it looks like showing up for physical therapy when you're discouraged. Accepting help when you'd rather be independent. Trusting that healing is happening even when you can't yet see it.
It also means accepting limitations when reality finally catches up with you—when you can no longer pretend you're capable of more than your body is ready for. That lesson has been one of the hardest... and one of the most freeing.
I've also realized something else.

So much of life is spent trying to return to who we were before the diagnosis... before the loss... before the accident... before the heartbreak.
But what if life isn't asking us to go back?
What if it's gently inviting us to become someone new?

That question has been sitting with me for months now.
I don't have all the answers. I suspect I never will.

But I do know this: every meaningful season of my life has asked me to let go of certainty and choose courage instead.

If you're walking through a season of change yourself, I hope you'll remember this:
You don't have to have it all figured out.
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is simply take the next step... and trust that it is enough.

Thank you, Brené, for planting seeds all those years ago that continue to grow in ways I never could have imagined.
And thank you to each of you who has walked alongside me—and continues to do so—as I keep becoming. ☀️

Erdahl Coaching is designed with your needs at the core of our coaching. We recognize that your time and the answers you seek determine how the coaching relationship will unfold.

07/19/2026

One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned as a coach is this:l

Conflict is rarely just about the issue at hand.
More often, it’s about a deeper human need—to be seen, heard, valued, and understood.

When we choose curiosity over judgment and understanding over being right, we create the possibility for genuine authentic connection.

Sometimes the loudest voices are carrying the quietest pleas.
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07/17/2026

What if becoming our bravest self is not just about finding courage… but also creating the conditions for courage to grow?

I love Brené Brown’s reminder that perhaps daring leadership is also about building systems that reflect our bravest selves.

Whether it’s in our families, our friendships, our workplaces, or even within ourselves, we are always creating environments. Some invite us to armor up. Others invite us to soften, tell the truth, and grow.

When life gets hard, our instinct is sometimes to pull away. To protect ourselves. To become smaller.

But courage asks something different of us.

It asks us to stay connected.
To remain curious.
To choose compassion over certainty.
To keep showing up—even when we don’t have all the answers.

I’ve come to believe that our bravest selves aren’t who we become once we’re fearless. They’re who we’ve always been beneath the armor.

The real work is creating spaces where that person feels safe enough to come forward.

07/08/2026

You’re allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.”
— Sophia Bush

One of the greatest myths we tell ourselves is that we have to “arrive” before we’re enough.
We wait until we’re more confident, more healed, more successful, less afraid.

But life doesn’t work that way.

The people I admire most aren’t the ones who have everything figured out. They’re the ones willing to keep growing while honoring who they already are.

After more than two decades of coaching leaders, teams, and individuals, one truth continues to reveal itself:

You can celebrate how far you’ve come while still being curious about where you’re going.

You don’t have to choose between self-acceptance and self-improvement.

You can be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.

That isn’t a contradiction. It is the paradox of what it means to be human.

Helping people lead with courage, clarity, and compassion—beginning with themselves.

Photo courtesy of Scott Wilcox

06/19/2026

As I read these words from Brene Brown’s new book “Strong Ground “, I found myself reflecting on a lesson that has been unfolding in my own life over the past five weeks.
As I have shared , I had an unexpected accident, surgery, and 6 weeks of relying on others in ways I never imagined. I have had a great deal of time to think about what truly matters.

What I have come to understand is that purpose is not something we find once and then hold onto forever. Purpose is something we continually return to. It reveals itself in the choices we make, the values we live by, and the way we show up for one another—especially during life’s most difficult moments.

As a coach, people often assume my work is about helping others become stronger, more confident, or more successful. While that is certainly part of it, what I have learned over the years is that real transformation begins when we are willing to be honest with ourselves. When we stop performing. When we stop pretending we have it all together. When we have the courage to surrender to what is true.

This chapter has reminded me that leadership is not about having all the answers. It is about authenticity. It is about vulnerability. It is about staying grounded in our values when life doesn’t go according to plan.

My deepest gratitude to those who have helped me remember that we are not meant to do life alone.
Perhaps our purpose is not found in what we accomplish, but in how we love, serve, encourage, and walk alongside one another.
That feels like strong ground to me.

This is the dedication from Strong Ground. I'm sharing it today to say thank you to so many of you who are leading wholeheartedly in the office, the classroom, on the pitch, in the studio, or in your own community. ❤️ So many of us wake up in the morning feeling overwhelmed by a world where blus...

06/07/2026

Over the past month, because of an accident, I have found myself in a position I am not accustomed to being in.

I have had to depend on others for many of my day-to-day needs.

To be honest, it is difficult for me to share that publicly. I’m not entirely sure why, other than it has forced me to acknowledge something I have spent much of my life resisting: sometimes the lesson is not perseverance. Sometimes the lesson is surrender. I first learned that lesson 6 years ago after the sudden death of my husband .

As a coach, I spend my days helping others navigate change, uncertainty, loss, courage, and growth. Yet life has a way of reminding us that none of us are exempt from being students.

What remains unspoken doesn’t disappear.

It shows up in our stress.
It shows up in our relationships.
It shows up in our leadership.
It shows up in the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we’re capable of.

For many of us, silence was once a survival strategy. We learned to be strong, capable, independent, and resilient. We learned to carry on. We learned to armor up.

This accident has reminded me that healing asks something different.

It asks for acceptance….Not resignation.
Not giving up.

Acceptance.

Acceptance of where we are.
Acceptance of what is.
Acceptance of the fact that sometimes we need others.
Acceptance that healing unfolds on its own timeline.

What I am learning is that acceptance is my pathway to healing—with grace, humility, and gratitude.

My hope for you today is that you find one safe person, one journal page, one prayer, or one honest conversation where you allow yourself to speak what needs to be spoken.

Sometimes the bravest words we ever say are:

“This hurt.”
“I’m scared.”
“I need help.”
“I’m not fine.”

For me it was in Rehab where I said to anyone who would listen…

“I know I may act like I’m fine… but underneath I so don’t have it together, …” For me that moment of getting real…of acknowledging that reality to myself and saying it out loud to the nurse was the moment my true healing began.

I go in for surgery tomorrow and once again find that moment of truth in front of me…acceptance is my pathway to healing and peace.

Keeping it raw and real… 💜
Roxanne

05/07/2026

04/24/2026

So… what is life coaching?
It’s not about giving you answers—
it’s about helping you hear your own. 💜

Life coaching is a space to slow down and notice what’s really going on beneath the surface… the thoughts you keep circling, the decisions you’ve been putting off, the quiet knowing that something is ready to shift. It's not therapy, and it’s not advice.

It’s a conversation that helps you see your life differently—what’s working, what’s not, and what’s possible from here.
Because before the mind figures it out…
something in you already knows.

If something in your life is asking for your attention…
this might be your place to begin.

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04/19/2026

The Sunday Pause
There is something about a Sunday morning that asks us to slow down.

Before the week begins...before the emails, the expectations, the pace picks back up.

There is a quiet invitation here—
to pause…
to notice…
to listen.

Not to everything around you.
But to yourself.

What feels unsettled?
What is asking for your attention?
What have you been pushing aside, waiting for the “right time”?

So often, we move into our weeks carrying things we haven’t taken the time to name. And what goes unnamed has a way of showing up anyway—in our energy, our conversations, and our decisions.

Clarity doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from being willing to pause long enough to tell yourself the truth.

You don’t have to have all the answers today.
But you can begin by asking the questions waiting to be asked.

If something in your life—your work or your personal world—is asking for your attention… don’t ignore it.

Let this be the moment you start listening.
Maybe this is simply where you begin.com.

Erdahl Coaching is designed with your needs at the core of our coaching. We recognize that your time and the answers you seek determine how the coaching relationship will unfold.