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Notes from our "quiet nest"
About three years ago, when I was training to become a coach, I used one of my first peer coaching sessions to come up with another way...
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Appleton Coaching
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Use this day well.
Here is a snippet from a coaching session I had recently (my own, so I will share freely!). I had a session with a peer coach with whom I...
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Appleton Coaching
- Jul 1
- 2 min
So what do you do, exactly?
Coaching is a new concept for a lot of people. It was for me, too. Until I began researching some possibilities for professional...
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Appleton Coaching
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Challenges & Pilgrimages
After my DIY Pilgrimage I've had a wild few months with more to do than I expected. It's been an interesting challenge to process my walk...
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Appleton Coaching
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Pilgrimage Postscript
When I told my dad I was walking at the beach again he asked me, “Are you doing a mini Camino or are you looking for ice cream?” I...
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Appleton Coaching
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Badass Pilgrim?
You might wonder at first glance what badassery and pilgrimage have in common. Let me tell you about a conversation I had with my sister...
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Appleton Coaching
- Mar 1
- 2 min
One big blister, a lost item, and 70 miles later…
I’ve arrived home. That was the intent of my DIY Pilgrimage to begin with—I wanted to walk from home to home. It was to mark the...
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Appleton Coaching
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Some more learning from my pilgrimage path
It seems weeks ago that I left on my DIY pilgrimage. But I’ve only been gone a handful of days. There have been a number of things I’ve...
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 25
- 2 min
I want, I want, I want…I need.
My journey started this morning with a train and a bus. When I got off the bus, I decided to walk the extra miles and forgo the next bus...
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 25
- 2 min
War is not healthy for living things.
I began planning my pilgrimage with the intent to avoid the military base because I didn’t want to think about it. I wanted to avoid. And...
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 23
- 2 min
To walk or not to walk...through a military base.
When I initially put together the itinerary for my DIY Pilgrimage I decided to skip walking through the military base that is situated in...
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 17
- 2 min
What to bring and what to leave at home?
As I begin to pack for my pilgrimage, I realize already that I have too much stuff. My body won't like it if my backpack is too heavy....
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 10
- 3 min
My DIY pilgrimage is a journey home
I am going on a pilgrimage-- I had hoped it would be the Camino de Santiago in Spain. In fact, I had tickets booked, time-off scheduled,...
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Micro-chilling and finding Delight
I am in search of beauty daily. Or the quirky. Or surprising. Or heartwarming. I was inspired by poet Ross Gay and his Book of Delights....
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Appleton Coaching
- Feb 1
- 3 min
My winding path to wellbeing
This was almost my first blog post-- every time I sat down to write, I would begin with my cancer story. So here it is in a nutshell: 29...
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Appleton Coaching
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Well, hello!
Seems like the best place to start is with an introduction. I am Lea Appleton and I am a Wellbeing Coach. I've been doing this for a...
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