How to be calm and collected instead of frantically gulping for air
Water is the place I feel calm - beach, bathtub, lake, pool. I love them all.
I’m working remotely in Morgantown, WV this summer (my home state, if not my hometown) and we’re staying 7 minutes from the town pool.
It’s reminiscent of my childhood, complete with teenage lifeguards and bad pop music, but this time I’m old enough to stay in for adult swim.
There’s something methodical and meditative about swimming laps. The back and forth is calming and familiar.
It requires just enough concentration and coordination to occupy the brain and take my mind off everything else.
Teaching my 7 year old how to swim is another story.
What feels natural and fluid to me is complicated and chaotic for a beginner.
There’s a lot to coordinate.
Much like communication, it takes practice.
In the water, your arms and legs need to work together with your breathing to keep you afloat.
To communicate, your mouth and mind need to work together to get your message across.
Sometimes it’s fluid and sometimes its flailing limbs and mouthfuls of water.
Sometimes everything is working and sometimes you stray out of your lane and crash into the side of the pool.
Both swimming and communication work better when you have a strategy and techniques to make it easier.
But you have to get in the water.
No amount of reading or studying will help unless you get wet.
Having a coach and strategic advisor is like having a life vest, swim coach, and goggles all wrapped up in one:
They see where you’re going when your vision is obscured.
They throw you a life preserver when you feel like you’re drowning.
They cheer your progress when you’re too close to see it.
Want to dip your toes in the water?
Schedule a consult and lets talk about working together.
