The Problem is Rarely the Problem
I like to fix things. I like to talk. But the problem is rarely the problem, and the middle of the work is where it gets juicy. Here is why I became a coach, and why I will tell you the hard part.
What Has It Cost Me?
There's a question worth sitting with: what has it actually cost you to keep saying yes, to keep pretending you're fine? Chris Eckols unpacks the real price men pay for staying quiet, and offers a different way through.
Why I Stopped Listening to the Loudest Voice in the Room
He signed up for the club's one free tournament, played the back tees two weeks after foot surgery, and finished dead last both days. What stuck with him wasn't the score. It was what he overheard in the clubhouse afterward, and the choice he made about whose voice gets to matter.
What your body knows before your mind admits it
Your mind knows how to lie to you, but your body doesn't. A rough morning, a bitten fingernail, and a missed workout led to a simple realization: when our habits slide, our frequency slides with them, and it bleeds into everything around us.
What Do You Think of a Car Payment?
A friend calls with a paid-off car and a $280 payment burning a hole in his plan to save. Chris's advice surprises him: keep the payment. Here's the math, and the mindset, behind why.
Running Central Park
He promised himself that next time he was in New York, he'd run Central Park. No excuses. Two years and one broken promise later, he laced up in 22-degree weather and found out the cold was never really the problem.
The path down is the way up
Alone in an ancient canyon, on a trail with nothing but a jumping cactus for company, Chris Eckols realizes the descent and the climb are the same path. A meditation on solitude, fear, and the pull to be witnessed even when the moment isn't for anyone but him.