Damien Appel Coaching

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Damien Appel Coaching

Divorced Dad on a Mission to Help People in Their Most Loving Relationships!

03/18/2024

I've been talking quite a bit about happiness with my clients lately.

Just this afternoon I stumbled across this Gandhi quote: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." Kids are amazing at bringing happiness out of us. For the record, they also bring some pretty intense other emotions too! Both equally telling of the numerable parts of ourselves. The mirror that they are to us though is so deeply relational for us to learn from.

Intrigued to learn more about what you think about happiness? Come jump in the pool. Sign up on my website.

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03/06/2024

I was at the Farmers Market last season with my son and I had a customer ask me, "Is he a good boy?" I looked over at him and then back at her, "I don't know what you mean? I don't judge my son as good or bad. He's just himself." My response created an inquisitive look on her face.

This customer was taken aback by my words. I did not offend her; we're on a first name basis which is why I felt safe to speak so openly, but it did give her a quick dose of a more progressive parenting approach from a proud millennial dad.

I look at this picture of him and it brings tears to my eyes. No, my son is not GOOD or BAD.

My near four year old boy is nothing short of BEAUTIFUL. Yes, he's not perfect. Yes, he makes mistakes. Yes, we both frustrate each other. Yes, we both love to laugh together. Yes, he has meltdowns. And yes, we work through it together...ending with repair.

This is what I have learned through my own relational rupture, ending in divorce, and journey into parenthood. I now know how common it is that our parenting journey brings up big feelings and memories that we still hold inside from our childhood. It did for me. Wounds that are so deep that we've hidden them under decades of conditioning, our desire for belonging, and our grief with not knowing how to even heal them.

I LOVE helping clients to not pass on their own wounding to their kids by learning how to be conscious and aware in their parenting.

I'm accepting 5 new clients into my 1:1 Coaching Offers. It's time to throw out the Good and Bad labels and remember that we are all just HUMAN!

New COACHING CONTAINERS on my website to see which duration/price point works best for you!

Blessings,
Damien

02/19/2024

A Client is ripe for Coaching when they have developed a healthy acceptance of what is, what their piece in it was, and desire to learn-grow-change from it. My clients show up diligently each week ready to put their feet to the fire of AWARENESS. It can definitely be uncomfortable.

Once you start your emotional healing journey, you're in it until your wounds becomes scars, no longer threatening psychological infection. That s**t has been addressed, accepted, cared for, and yes HEALED.

How? Primarily through a place embodied self-love. Come see. Book a session on my website.

Have a lovely Monday!
Damien

02/16/2024

Silence from social media is necessary for all of us....for our sanity, for our commitments, for our bandwidth, and for ourselves.

30 days of not posting has landed me infinitely closer in alignment with my life. It also has me feeling significantly more clear about my coaching biz as it grows and transforms. Thank you to my clients that help me see each session how the magic happens. I've doubled my client list since January 1st!

You should go check out my website. It's got a fresh update and is ready for another season of growth.

Blessings,

Damien

01/16/2024

I bought seventeen acres with my former wife in 2017 to be the future sight of our small-scale organic vegetable farm. We dreamed of an abundance of local veggies, beautiful cut-flowers, a robust flock of "composting chickens" to provide eggs and manure, a small dairy goat herd for soap making, the largest area shiitake mushroom log yard, a handful of beehives, and an on-farm commercial kitchen. Our retirement $ fund was going to be a bed & breakfast nestled into these woods you see here.

The birth of our son in 2019 shattered our dreams like a level 7 earthquake. How? Why?

Relationship RUPTURE!

Marriage Life, Farm Life, Community Life all drained away in a span of less than one year. How can such a thing happen?

The short answer is that once trust and security are eroded in a marriage due to past trauma, skills unlearned, inner childhood wounds, high conflict, and a shift of differing values and perspectives it is only inevitable before the couple chooses to either divorce, live parallel lives, or begin the slow healing / reconciliation journey. The first two options are often the most chosen, but the third option is viable if two people are committed and skilled enough to work through their pain.

I don't own these woods any more. The property was split up in the divorce. I do own a two acre piece attached to the farmhouse and field where I now raise my 4 year old son and farm. The struggle has been real. My old dream is gone.

I learned a beautiful lesson: ALL THAT CAN BE TORN DOWN, CAN BE REBUILT.

I am two years into my rebuild, currently watching my son play on the windowsill by my side with his toy semi and his little farmer man named Santa Claus. I am reminded that there is always light in the darkness. That light comes from you, from within.

Coaching is about being a MIRROR for my clients and in each session you'll see me REFLECTING back to you all the LIGHT that is YOURS.

Do you want to know my current Offers? Click on the "WORK WITH ME" post on my page.

Talk soon,
Damien

01/14/2024

What do you think about NEEDS? Are they real? Are they valid? Do they matter?

My answer is yes. You can pretend that you don't have them or don't want them....but as a human being your NEEDS are an inborn part of your NATURE.

How we attempt to get our NEEDS met is where NURTURE comes in. We all have different programming in our subconscious mind of how to relationally get our needs met. Sound like a mindf**k!? It's true.

So knowing that we are all different, learn this Skill and start to put it into Practice in your most loving relationships. You won't regret it!!!

Like my content and crave support in becoming a better relational being, then we need to talk! I schedule 60 minute Connection Calls with all potential clients. Click below.

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01/10/2024

What is the biggest problem that you’re facing that no one knows about?

My own response ties to feeling like a FAILURE because I’m struggling to do everything well: be a dad, manage my businesses, take care of my house, have stable finances, take time for myself, build community, be there for others, and meet the new woman of my dreams.

It’s no tall order, yet just writing it down helps to see that it’s a process. I’m committed to the process. I’m growing more toward success more each day. That’s enough.

Book a Connection Call to start getting the extra support you need.

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01/08/2024

Coaching is for the mind what a cold plunge is for the body. It's about recalibration, liberation, and vitality sourcing. Transformation happens with consistency and commitment.

Instead of just wondering, "Is this for me?" Take the plunge!

Sign up for a Connection Call on my website.

Blessings,
Damien

01/07/2024

Simple things often have profound impacts on our life and relationships. My favorite phrase to reference when comparing difficult challenges and/or perceived catastrophe is “Rome wasn’t built, nor destroyed, in a day.”

I like to use the month of January to set the tone and my mindset for the new year/new farming season. I made my own improvement list. At the top of it was monetizing assets and skills I already have. So for 2024 I’m doubling down on the last ten years of professional experience and getting creative to generate cash flow. This is how I build the foundation to my work-in-progress Divorced Dad magnificent life.

01/05/2024

Whew, we've made it past the Holidays and work/life balance is being restored. I'm not a New Year Resolution kind of guy nor am I "everything during the holidays was great!" kind of guy so I prepared a few questions for you below to answer to get you thinking to start the New Year.

1) What do I wish I would have done instead of what I did?

2) Who did I enjoy most spending time with?

3) How did I not show up for the people I love?

4) What experience hurt me the most? Why?

5) What am I definitely changing next year?

6) What am I most proud of?

You should be left feeling lighter and more clear after answering. The Holidays is a damn tough time of the year. It's literally one of mental health's' busiest times of the year! Why? Because family brings up a lot s**t!

I invite you to consider looking in the mirror instead by hiring a Coach and get your ass out of your comfort zone to pursue the things that light you up in life.

I'm your good-to Life & Relationship Coach if you want to use a Relational Lens to dig in and start shifting how you look at where you're at, who you are, where/who you want to be, and how are you going to get there!

2023 was a damn fine year to help my clients in their pursuits of: becoming more conscious parents, starting small businesses, handling difficult parents, learning new relationship skills, grieving loss, growing together with your partner, healing past pain, recovering from divorce, and loving yourself more than you could ever imagine.

The journey is.......EPIC!!!

Book your first session @ www.damienappel.com

01/04/2024

Why to Leave a Relationship with a Narcissist?

TRUTH BOMB!

Keep reading. Then watch and SAVE your favorite Relationship Skills reels. Decide what date your ready to adding Coaching Sessions to your calendar! Let's do this!

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