The Vision Quest Chronicles: Tales of Living Ones Vision

A conversation with Success Coach Dr. Nicole Cutts about living your Vision of Success

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Entries from April 2009

The Vision Quest Chronicles #13: Passion

April 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments

What are you passionate about?  
I had a really interesting conversation today with a woman who related to me that her young (18 yr old) daughter went away to a spiritually centered “camp” where they looked deeply at existential issues.  Her daughter called home one night crying.  Through her tears the child was finally able to tell […]

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Tags: Personal Growth · Visions · success

The Vision Quest Chronicles #12: Lilian Part II-Loneliness Unmasked

April 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This is part II of my visit with artist, Lilian Thomas Burwell, that took place on 4.26.09 in Highland Beach, MD.  In my last installment I talked about some answers I received from Lilian regarding an issue I had been struggling with; the validity of my Vision. 
Sometimes I wonder how, if you are living your Vision […]

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Tags: General inquiries · Personal Growth · Visions

The Vision Quest Chronicles #11: Lilian

April 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Today the quest took me to Highland Beach near Annapolis.  I went there to  interview and visit with my friend, artist, Lilian Burwell, but really I was in search of answers.  How Lilian came to be in my life is another story (certainly worth telling, but not just now).  Lilian lives and works here near […]

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Tags: General inquiries

The Vision Quest Chronicles #10: Still Shakin’ the Tree

April 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Today is a good day on the Vision Quest. When I say good, like most people, I mean I am grateful for what I am getting.  Although I was up late last night I did make it up this morning to go to a new yoga class.  After two weeks of missing I had no choice.  […]

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Tags: Ask Dr. Cutts · Personal Growth · Visions

The Vision Quest Chronicles #9: Shakin’ the Tree

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

It is late on a Friday night and I’m supposed to be tired after a long week but for some reason I feel like I can’t stop working! Something is happening.  Hard to explain in a way.  I want to say I am in a flow with my Vision, but it does not really feel like […]

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Tags: General inquiries

The Vision Quest Chronicles #8: I Don’t Have a Vision

April 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

After installment #7 of The Vision Quest Chronicles (VQC) I sent the link out to a select group of friends and colleagues.  It was a long distro list and I did not bcc them b/c when I do that not even I can see who I sent it to. (I like to know for future reference […]

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Tags: News · Personal Growth · Visions

The Vision Quest Chronicles #7: Movement Feels Good

April 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments

I am a bit late with this update, but am happy to report that after some struggle did make some concrete movement on the book.  I took the comments some of my advisers had given me on my survey and began to create a draft of it on Survey Monkey for later distribution.  This actually took […]

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Tags: Personal Growth · Visions

The Vision Quest Chronicles #6: I Dreamed a Dream

April 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Have you seen the singer Susan Boyle on “Britain’s Got Talent”? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IGRzAbCnQ8  This 47 year old woman exemplifies the abject bliss one and the world can experience when you fully unite with your Vision.  It is  a beautifully moving portrait of what can happen when someone does not give up but follows their dream. I […]

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Tags: Personal Growth · Visions

The Vision Quest Chronicles #5: Mami Wata

April 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

One thing I have noticed that happens when I am on the right path is that the amount of synchronicity in my life seems to increase.  I think of something or someone and then like magic it/they appear, or I need a resource or some information and it’s like it just drops out of the […]

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Tags: Diversity/Cultural Competence · General inquiries

The Vision Quest Chronicles #4: Excitement Leads to Fatigue

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Welcome to the Chronicles!  Thanks so much to those of you who have shared your experience strength and hope around living your Visions!
So today was a BIG day…got up early, ate while getting my taxes ready to be mailed off. Prepared for a board meeting downtown…found out meeting was cancelled…went to post office…made what was to […]

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Tags: General inquiries