Supporting You in Your Desire to Change
by Michael Feeley
Grateful for ageing… You are not declining. You are deepening. That’s the Vintage line, and it’s true. But say it out loud next to the phrase “age gratitude,” and something different happens. The second one sounds almost invented. Like a phrase nobody’s used before, because in a way, nobody has. Think about what we actually […]
by Michael Feeley
Some people spend a whole day scrolling. Some spend it gaming, napping, drifting from one small distraction to the next, hardly noticing the hours go. Nobody questions that. It’s normal. Expected, even. But try telling someone you’re spending the whole day on gratitude — writing down everything you’re thankful for, one thing after another, for […]
by Michael Feeley
There are many ways I feel connected to the world, but nature remains the most immediate. It asks nothing of me except to notice. The ground beneath my feet. The sky over my head. Between them, I stand. I feel the earth and my feet joined. Grass in the morning, garden soil turned by hand, […]
by Michael Feeley
Somewhere along the way, we agreed on a metaphor for growing older: winding down. Slower. Smaller. Stepping back. Society hands it to you like a gift and expects gratitude. But a clock that winds down stops being useful. A clock that’s fully wound keeps time — accurate, ready to chime, exactly where it should be. […]
by Michael Feeley
Someone said, “He can be a bit rude.” I sat with those words, “a bit rude,” for a while. Softening isn’t always dishonest. A pattern has degree, and degree is information. “A bit rude” can be true. The difference between a man who snaps once a season and one who’s cruel every day. That’s accuracy. […]
by Michael Feeley
Empathy has range, and range is built the way a garden is built, one season at a time, over years, until the soil holds more than anyone would guess from the surface. A 25 year-old and a Sager (60, 70, 80+ years) do not stand in the same number of doorways. It isn’t wisdom, it’s […]
by Michael Feeley
The word “empathy” is barely a century old. English borrowed it from German — Einfühlung, “feeling into” — around 1908. But the thing itself is ancient. People were standing in each other’s shoes long before anyone gave the posture a name. Empathy isn’t a trend. It’s a practice with a long history. George Eliot understood […]
by Michael Feeley
Peace isn’t luck. It isn’t something that arrives by accident on a good day and disappears on a bad one. It’s specific. Trackable. If you pay attention, you can find the pattern. Almost like following logic, like a small science of your own calm. So I made my list: Writing a sentence of gratitude (sometimes […]
by Michael Feeley
We rush from one task to the next. A list gets made, chores get checked off, and we leap, barely noticing the seam where one thing ends and another begins. I want to make the case for valuing that seam. Try this: before moving from one piece of work to the next, pause for just […]
by Michael Feeley
I love the line. I don’t trust it. “If you build it, they will come” sounds good. It has faith and hope in it. What it leaves out is focusing on the work. Before, during, and after. Nobody just builds. You plan first — step by step, the unglamorous part nobody puts in the movie. […]
Michael has twenty years experience matching people with positions that allows them to reach their potential. Having worked with corporate decision makers, Michael has expertise in understanding organizational needs in multiple industries. He understands, experientially and intuitively, what gets people hired and what doesn’t. With a big heart and intellect to match, Michael Feeley is an authority on bringing the best out of business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs… he has such amazing energy, not to mention a terrific business background.
…as a trainer I watched Michael Feeley become a masterful coach, being adept at many coaching skills… he is supportive, motivational, action-oriented, open minded, authentic, confident and compassionate… such a delight to work with… fun, high-energy, intuitive, spontaneous!… I have observed him to be very inspirational, empowering, and encouraging clients to go to greater depths in their lives. He is a true ambassador of the profession… Michael has heart and soul along with the ability to deliver!
You, my friend, are the Real Deal.
Michael Feeley walks the walk and talks the talk. He is honest, authentic and incredibly generous in spirit. Michael’s deep commitment to service means his clients get his full attention and will benefit from his coaching skills, experience and wisdom.
Commitment and care are at the center of my coaching work.
Being fully present and useful to you is how I can best serve you because your desire to change and to move forward matters to me.
I care about your happiness and success. Your life – Your changes - That’s my focus and our alliance together.
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Alyssha Csük gives me such a special gift in allowing me to present 5 of her stunning and beautiful photographs on my website. Rust and slate are alive in her exceptional pictures. Alyssha celebrates something which is usually ignored, seen as ugly, corroding, deteriorating and wasting away.
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