Gourdin Coaching
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Find FOCUS, realize GOALS, achieve SUCCESS!
Coaching can get you a life where the easy things are easy and the exciting things are great. I specialize in working with people who have executive function challenges. https://www.gourdincoaching.com/
Coaching can get you a life where the easy things are easy and the exciting things are great. I specialize in working with people who have executive function challenges. https://www.gourdincoaching.com/
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Yes! You can learn executive functioning skills. Over simplified a bit, those are the skills that let your organize yourself to get something done. You can absolutely work on ways to remember goals, build good habits, take one step at a time.
I love having things no longer be my problem. I love having things no longer be YOUR problem.
This is the beauty of being done--it's over! Gone! Bye bye!
That email is sent, that box is recycled, that tear is shed, that meeting is over. You did it! (It's the best!)
This is the beauty of being done--it's over! Gone! Bye bye!
That email is sent, that box is recycled, that tear is shed, that meeting is over. You did it! (It's the best!)
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I love having things no longer be my problem. I love having things no longer be YOUR problem.
This is the beauty of being done--it's over! Gone! Bye bye!
That email is sent, that box is recycled, that tear is shed, that meeting is over. You did it! (It's the best!)
This is the beauty of being done--it's over! Gone! Bye bye!
That email is sent, that box is recycled, that tear is shed, that meeting is over. You did it! (It's the best!)
If you're in the US and keep gesturing vaguely at the world when asked how you're doing--it's not just you. I feel it and I hear it a lot professionally.
It's okay to need and want time to process it all and take action.
It's also okay to decide you need a hot dinner and clean clothes.
It's okay to need and want time to process it all and take action.
It's also okay to decide you need a hot dinner and clean clothes.
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If you're in the US and keep gesturing vaguely at the world when asked how you're doing--it's not just you. I feel it and I hear it a lot professionally.
It's okay to need and want time to process it all and take action.
It's also okay to decide you need a hot dinner and clean clothes.
It's okay to need and want time to process it all and take action.
It's also okay to decide you need a hot dinner and clean clothes.
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I realized that I'd inadvertently become the quiet, sensory booth in the dealer's area by having fidgets and a puzzle that anyone could work on.
This was great! People could and did slow down just a tad and come rest a moment and talk (or not) as much as they wanted.
This was great! People could and did slow down just a tad and come rest a moment and talk (or not) as much as they wanted.
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I realized that I'd inadvertently become the quiet, sensory booth in the dealer's area by having fidgets and a puzzle that anyone could work on.
This was great! People could and did slow down just a tad and come rest a moment and talk (or not) as much as they wanted.
This was great! People could and did slow down just a tad and come rest a moment and talk (or not) as much as they wanted.
Arisia folks, you are the BEST group of people to give free fidget toys to. I saw so many variations of glee, from the kid amazed at my giant stash to "I don't nee... ooo! an airplane!"
People also showed off the fidgets they already had. Rings! Coins! Twists! Plastic dinosaurs!
People also showed off the fidgets they already had. Rings! Coins! Twists! Plastic dinosaurs!
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Arisia folks, you are the BEST group of people to give free fidget toys to. I saw so many variations of glee, from the kid amazed at my giant stash to "I don't nee... ooo! an airplane!"
People also showed off the fidgets they already had. Rings! Coins! Twists! Plastic dinosaurs!
People also showed off the fidgets they already had. Rings! Coins! Twists! Plastic dinosaurs!
I'll be vending at www.arisia.org this weekend. Come say hi!
Welcome | Arisia 2026
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January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I'll be vending at www.arisia.org this weekend. Come say hi!
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A client today mentioned that their preferred thrift shop was so full that they stopped taking donations.
Yeah! Take the stuff you don't want out of your house and let it go have adventures somewhere else with someone else.
You won't miss it! You can get other, better, more fun stuff.
Yeah! Take the stuff you don't want out of your house and let it go have adventures somewhere else with someone else.
You won't miss it! You can get other, better, more fun stuff.
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
A client today mentioned that their preferred thrift shop was so full that they stopped taking donations.
Yeah! Take the stuff you don't want out of your house and let it go have adventures somewhere else with someone else.
You won't miss it! You can get other, better, more fun stuff.
Yeah! Take the stuff you don't want out of your house and let it go have adventures somewhere else with someone else.
You won't miss it! You can get other, better, more fun stuff.
Be nice to yourself today.
(It's not lazy.)
(It's not pointless.)
(You have limited capacity because you are human.)
(That may be annoying because limits are annoying.)
(So: ...)
Be nice to yourself today.
(It's not lazy.)
(It's not pointless.)
(You have limited capacity because you are human.)
(That may be annoying because limits are annoying.)
(So: ...)
Be nice to yourself today.
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Be nice to yourself today.
(It's not lazy.)
(It's not pointless.)
(You have limited capacity because you are human.)
(That may be annoying because limits are annoying.)
(So: ...)
Be nice to yourself today.
(It's not lazy.)
(It's not pointless.)
(You have limited capacity because you are human.)
(That may be annoying because limits are annoying.)
(So: ...)
Be nice to yourself today.
Doing something you don't like is:
a. sometimes necessary
b. a genuine skill
c. something people legitimately minimize
Why spend your life doing things you hate? Make those things small, optional, or outsourced; if you can't, apply liberal self bribery.
a. sometimes necessary
b. a genuine skill
c. something people legitimately minimize
Why spend your life doing things you hate? Make those things small, optional, or outsourced; if you can't, apply liberal self bribery.
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Doing something you don't like is:
a. sometimes necessary
b. a genuine skill
c. something people legitimately minimize
Why spend your life doing things you hate? Make those things small, optional, or outsourced; if you can't, apply liberal self bribery.
a. sometimes necessary
b. a genuine skill
c. something people legitimately minimize
Why spend your life doing things you hate? Make those things small, optional, or outsourced; if you can't, apply liberal self bribery.
I bet at least one of you made a New Year's resolution to exercise more. Great! Awesome!
Please take all your exercise guilt and throw it in the metaphorical trash. If you need to write "Good people exercise" on a piece of paper and throw it into the literal trash, do that, too.
Please take all your exercise guilt and throw it in the metaphorical trash. If you need to write "Good people exercise" on a piece of paper and throw it into the literal trash, do that, too.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I bet at least one of you made a New Year's resolution to exercise more. Great! Awesome!
Please take all your exercise guilt and throw it in the metaphorical trash. If you need to write "Good people exercise" on a piece of paper and throw it into the literal trash, do that, too.
Please take all your exercise guilt and throw it in the metaphorical trash. If you need to write "Good people exercise" on a piece of paper and throw it into the literal trash, do that, too.
Genuine coaching advise for today: be nice to yourself. You might have been doing all kinds of things (fun and ... not) at the end of the last calendar year. Today does not somehow include resetting and restarting all of them. Try doing one. If you have more energy, try doing another one.
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Genuine coaching advise for today: be nice to yourself. You might have been doing all kinds of things (fun and ... not) at the end of the last calendar year. Today does not somehow include resetting and restarting all of them. Try doing one. If you have more energy, try doing another one.
Happy New Year! I hope it's a good one for all of us.
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy New Year! I hope it's a good one for all of us.
Pst! Don't overdo your new year's resolutions. Pick one thing that you can actually do in January, and leave yourself a note to see if you want more goals in a month.
I love habits! I love using transitions to develop new ones!
I do not love the slump that follows being over-ambitious.
I love habits! I love using transitions to develop new ones!
I do not love the slump that follows being over-ambitious.
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pst! Don't overdo your new year's resolutions. Pick one thing that you can actually do in January, and leave yourself a note to see if you want more goals in a month.
I love habits! I love using transitions to develop new ones!
I do not love the slump that follows being over-ambitious.
I love habits! I love using transitions to develop new ones!
I do not love the slump that follows being over-ambitious.
You're really accountable to yourself in coaching, not the coach. www.youtube.com/shorts/CMqmP...
Accountability in coaching (to yourself!)
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December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You're really accountable to yourself in coaching, not the coach. www.youtube.com/shorts/CMqmP...
A reminder: you don't have to do things all the time!
This is, I swear, a real thing that I really coach people on. Fundamentally, resting is about pacing yourself and giving yourself permission. It's also something hard, not coincidentally.
This is, I swear, a real thing that I really coach people on. Fundamentally, resting is about pacing yourself and giving yourself permission. It's also something hard, not coincidentally.
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A reminder: you don't have to do things all the time!
This is, I swear, a real thing that I really coach people on. Fundamentally, resting is about pacing yourself and giving yourself permission. It's also something hard, not coincidentally.
This is, I swear, a real thing that I really coach people on. Fundamentally, resting is about pacing yourself and giving yourself permission. It's also something hard, not coincidentally.
I'm super excited to announce new subscriptions available at www.gourdincoaching.com/services! You get a 15% discount, special body-doubling sessions, and the ability to ping me throughout the week.
I'm really looking forward to working with people long-term.
I'm really looking forward to working with people long-term.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm super excited to announce new subscriptions available at www.gourdincoaching.com/services! You get a 15% discount, special body-doubling sessions, and the ability to ping me throughout the week.
I'm really looking forward to working with people long-term.
I'm really looking forward to working with people long-term.
Hey, look! We're past the solstice! For everyone like me who hibernates in winter: we're halfway done!
Time to replenish the ol' fat stores and sleep until March.
(Wait, why is that not a thing? I feel like the eating, at least, should be nationally recognized.)
Time to replenish the ol' fat stores and sleep until March.
(Wait, why is that not a thing? I feel like the eating, at least, should be nationally recognized.)
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey, look! We're past the solstice! For everyone like me who hibernates in winter: we're halfway done!
Time to replenish the ol' fat stores and sleep until March.
(Wait, why is that not a thing? I feel like the eating, at least, should be nationally recognized.)
Time to replenish the ol' fat stores and sleep until March.
(Wait, why is that not a thing? I feel like the eating, at least, should be nationally recognized.)
If you're looking at having too much to do, try these questions:
What problem am I trying to solve? (Being clear helps choose what to do.)
What are my actual degrees of freedom? (You can adjust what you're doing.)
What are my supports? (Yay! Help!)
What problem am I trying to solve? (Being clear helps choose what to do.)
What are my actual degrees of freedom? (You can adjust what you're doing.)
What are my supports? (Yay! Help!)
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you're looking at having too much to do, try these questions:
What problem am I trying to solve? (Being clear helps choose what to do.)
What are my actual degrees of freedom? (You can adjust what you're doing.)
What are my supports? (Yay! Help!)
What problem am I trying to solve? (Being clear helps choose what to do.)
What are my actual degrees of freedom? (You can adjust what you're doing.)
What are my supports? (Yay! Help!)
A friend once observed that it's better to pick your consequences than to just let them happen to you. I really valued it as advice because it includes a wider range of things than "prioritization" typically covers.
For example, if your boss gives you three things to do by tomorrow...
For example, if your boss gives you three things to do by tomorrow...
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A friend once observed that it's better to pick your consequences than to just let them happen to you. I really valued it as advice because it includes a wider range of things than "prioritization" typically covers.
For example, if your boss gives you three things to do by tomorrow...
For example, if your boss gives you three things to do by tomorrow...
One of my clients wanted help on writing to their boss to ask for a regular monthly meeting so they could get more consistent feedback. We worked on that message together during their session.
The boss came back proposing a weekly one on one, and a weekly team meeting on top of that! Yay!
The boss came back proposing a weekly one on one, and a weekly team meeting on top of that! Yay!
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One of my clients wanted help on writing to their boss to ask for a regular monthly meeting so they could get more consistent feedback. We worked on that message together during their session.
The boss came back proposing a weekly one on one, and a weekly team meeting on top of that! Yay!
The boss came back proposing a weekly one on one, and a weekly team meeting on top of that! Yay!
My clients recommend books faster than I can read them--it's the best! It's also really nice to recommend a book to someone and have it be just what they needed. (Especially when they already owned it, and just hadn't gotten around to it.)
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My clients recommend books faster than I can read them--it's the best! It's also really nice to recommend a book to someone and have it be just what they needed. (Especially when they already owned it, and just hadn't gotten around to it.)
Wow--this is a better and funnier summary of the problem than I'd ever come up with.
Those first steps are SO frustrating and unrewarding. Who on earth likes remaking passwords and getting texts with codes and signing back in and accessing their email for 30 minutes?
Those first steps are SO frustrating and unrewarding. Who on earth likes remaking passwords and getting texts with codes and signing back in and accessing their email for 30 minutes?
![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wow--this is a better and funnier summary of the problem than I'd ever come up with.
Those first steps are SO frustrating and unrewarding. Who on earth likes remaking passwords and getting texts with codes and signing back in and accessing their email for 30 minutes?
Those first steps are SO frustrating and unrewarding. Who on earth likes remaking passwords and getting texts with codes and signing back in and accessing their email for 30 minutes?
New YouTube short! www.youtube.com/shorts/4hFvo... tells you what a typical session with Gourdin Coaching is like.
Coaching session structure
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December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New YouTube short! www.youtube.com/shorts/4hFvo... tells you what a typical session with Gourdin Coaching is like.
I love update season for Ask a Manager! As a reader, we've already heard the set up--the updates are the punchline.
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I love update season for Ask a Manager! As a reader, we've already heard the set up--the updates are the punchline.