• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Polly Chandler Coaching

  • Services
    • TRANSITION COACHING
    • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
    • TEAM COLLABORATION
    • WORKSHOPS & RETREATS
  • Philosophy
  • Clients
  • About
    • Gallery
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Voyageur Threshold Moments

Polly Chandler · Aug 8, 2022 ·

Visiting Grand Portage is an invitation to reflect on resiliency, endurance, and grit. As I stood on the dock of this historic site, I realized I was half way across the country. Like the French Voyageurs I could go east to the Atlantic or go west to the Pacific. These type of big decision moments are often called Threshold Moments.  

Voyageurs traveling from Montreal on Lake Superior faced threshold moments when they discovered a wall of water at the 120 foot Pigeon Falls. These falls stood between their loaded canoes and the interior forts where they were to deliver their goods. They made the decision to take a nine-mile trek around 120 foot Pigeon Falls, now called the Grand Portage, Git-che-O-ni-ga-ming in Ojibwe.

Threshold moments can be exciting, joyful, filled with wonder, anxiety producing, confusing, scary, and intimidating.  And, many more emotional mixes. When was the last time you had a threshold moment?  

Here are some examples: 

  • Leave a job and/or start a new one
  • Move to a new location
  • Care for a family member
  • Add a family member
  • Take a sabbatical
  • Retire
  • Face a health challenge
  • Grieve the loss of loved one

All of these threshold moments require curiosity, courage, grit and creativity. Curiosity to be full of wonder about what is possible as you navigate forward. Courage to explore and think about the options, compare and contrast them, and make decisions on facts and gut instincts. Grit to persevere. And, creativity to solve a challenge that honors your strengths, values, sense of place, community, health and energy. 

So, my fellow Voyageur, what threshold moment are you facing in these times? 

Who can you ask to travel with you? Who will walk the path of resiliency, courage, grit and creativity with you to support you on your journey? 

I’d love to talk with you about your threshold moment. Sign up for a 30 minute complimentary coaching session to think together on your resiliency, courage, grit and creativity. 

 

 

 

Strengths, Transition courage, creativity, curiosity, gallupstrengthsfinder, grand portage, sense of place, strengths, threshold moment, voyageurs

Never Miss a Blog Post!

Sign up to be notified when a new blog post is published.

CONTACT US

polly chandler coaching footer logo

PO Box 1106 | Tiburon, CA 94920
603.730.4210

© 2022 Polly Chandler Coaching. All Rights Reserved. | Web Design • ResonateToGenerate | WordPress Development • All Stages Marketing | Web Development • Santa Barbara Web Design

Copyright © 2023 · Polly Chandler Coaching on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in