Aligning Purpose, Passion and Performance through Coaching
WHAT IS BIRCH CORNER?
Birch Corner is a place of inspiration on a remote New Hampshire hillside. Two weathered stone walls meet to form a boundary around a grove of trees. The stones were piled in place decades ago by hardy individuals who carved a livelihood out of the dense woods and rocky soil. When the people left, the forest reclaimed the abandoned fields. The birches were among the first growth. Now they are mature trees distinguished by their beautiful bark.
Nearby we have built our home, fulfilling a dream to dwell close to the earth in the rugged hills we love. We are partners in life and work.
Over the years the stand of trees became snarled with a variety of species competing for the light -- not unlike those of us who have lived long enough to become entangled with physical and emotional branches of our own. Since moving onto the land, we have been thinning the grove. We've also been pruning the underbrush from our past.
Today, bathed in the rays of the sun, Birch Corner is a beacon, a place of the heart where our purpose and passion meet. It reminds us that with focus, effort and perseverance, seeds planted in the imagination grow to fruition.
Months after naming Birch Corner, we learned that the symbolic quality of birch trees is "new beginnings, cleansing of the past, vision quests." * The wonder grows. What is it that drew us to this bit of earth to begin a new chapter of our life and launch our business?
Our hope is that you too will find inspiration at Birch Corner; that through our work together you will reclaim your truth, regain clarity and renew your commitment to live your dreams.
May Birch Corner be for you, as it is for us, a place of new beginnings.
* See Ted Andrews' book, Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small (Llewellyn Publications, 1999).
