Coaching on Justin Langhorst

JRNI (Lumia) Coaching Certification

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:34:11 -0500

It was summer 2020 and I was alone on my way back home from a short stay at the coast with family and friends. I often listen to podcasts while driving so what a perfect opportunity to listen to a new one by the author of a book I had been reading at the time: John Kim’s The Angry Therapist, a no BS guide to self-improvement.

I’ve been reading self-help / personal-growth books casually since I was in my teens for reasons I am unable to express eloquently. The podcast though … the podcast was intriguing because it offered a glimpse into a place I had been seeking for a long time. At the end they advertised their coaching training program and there was something about the idea of becoming a life coach that was incredibly appealing. Within 15 minutes of getting home after a 4-5 hour drive, I was signed-up to the program and ready to go. I felt completely in alignment for the first time in forever (there’ll be magic, there’ll be fun).

Life. Rambling. Coaching.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 23:55:42 -0500

I started running again recently. After taking a solid eight month break after successfully running my first 100 miler last November I no longer felt great in my body. And I felt my thought patterns sliding back into a time in my twenties where I was surviving through life rather than fully living. No thank you.

I don’t care much about surviving by itself. That shit is soul-suckingly boring. Life is for the living. The goal is to thrive. And we thrive by creating things that entertain us simply because they are entertaining to do so. Simply because we find beauty in our creations. Simply because stuff is fun.

Radical Reality Changing

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:34:11 -0500

The thing about radically changing your reality is that it is likely out of your present awareness. And that’s okay because the journey getting there is the best part anyway, living in the present moment. So after you figure out what you want in life, you gotta get out in the world and do something that you feel will lead you there, being open to receive and having faith in the process itself. Enjoy it.

You have all the answers within ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:34:11 -0500

… and to find them takes consistent practice, consistent inner work to tap into the universal energy where the answers are dancing around in space like feathers, waiting for you to get still enough to gracefully fall into your lap.

This requires quiet. Quieting thoughts – the endless, mindless chatter of the ego self. The goal is to connect with the higher Self, thereby connecting with the universal energy of the universe.

You is beautiful.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:34:11 -0500

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. – André Gide

I need you to really, truly believe that you are unique and possess precious gifts to share with the world. Why? Because it’s true. And. Because the world becomes even more gorgeous than it already is when you do.

Let go of negative self-talk. Let go of comparison with others. Let go of guilt, resentment and criticism. Learn your lessons and forgive yourself.

Self-Care / Volunteering

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:34:11 -0500

I’ve been in a mental funk the past few days and was hoping things would improve on my drive out to Huntsville State Park yesterday. Things didn’t pick up for me mentally until I set foot on the trail, albeit slowly.

As much as I wanted to be completely in service to everybody passing through the #Damnation aid station for Rocky Raccoon, I wasn’t. Not at first anyway. I put on a show, yes. I was doing my best, yes, but I wasn’t being authentic. I put on a social mask that sort of looked like normal, positive Justin. But I wasn’t in integrity with myself, no.

Ultra-Marathon Volunteering

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:34:11 -0500

I drove down to Huntsville State Park today (Saturday, 2021.02.06) to volunteer for the Rocky Raccoon 100 with NTTR at the Damnation aid station. The photo is from nine years ago, the last time I was there, and the morning of my first 50 mile race.

Nine years ago was a slugfest of a day – the first two of three 17 mile loops went ridiculously well for me. The third – oh man, I slowly, painfully victory lapped it into one of the last 50 mile finisher spots of the race. 252nd. 17:31:18.

Self-Compassion

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:53:31 -0500

A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life. – Christopher K. Germer

A practical example: be sweet to yourself. Remind yourself as many times as you need throughout the day, every day.

I met a yoga teacher a few years ago who would say this in nearly every class. It was such a wonderful thing to hear spoken out loud even though it was a lesson I had already taken to heart years ago. The specific phrase of “be sweet to yourself” resonated strongly and has stuck. I suppose there’s often more work to when it comes to self-compassion.

Happiness

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:21:41 -0500

A human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy. – Viktor Frank, Man’s Search for Meaning

True happiness for me comes in connecting deeply with people. Through watching people really come into themselves. To see them living authentically, to live in integrity with themselves, to be as much of themselves as they can possibly be. And to see them getting out there, and fucking getting it.