3 Life lessons from my cat

Throughout my journey through becoming a coach and being a coach, I have attended many trainings, and I studied different approaches, from hypnotherapy, psychology to mindfulness. One teacher I did not expect was my cat, however she’s one of the greatest I’ve had.

Here are 3 key life lessons that I have learned through her. Please let me share some cat wisdom with you.

1 — Unconditional worthiness

My cat, Wala, is a rescue. She was found in a bin when she was but 1 day old. She’s a tabby moggy, like millions of other cats. There’s nothing special about her. And yet, she acts as if she’s royalty and the world was made for her pleasure, and quite right, too.

Wala has no concept of unworthiness. She is very secure of her place in the world and she has no doubt that she is owed everything she has, and that everything she has is her rightful due.

We often talk with my executive coaching clients, about being their “best self” or the “best version of themselves”. Wala has no such concern. She just is, and that is — there just isn’t any other alternative — the best version of who she can be. She’s just being herself, who else could she be?

The way I’m describing her, you might think that she’s self-absorbed, and that were she a human, she would be an entitled…