Legacy Life Consulting

10/19/2026

Two Feet In: Why I'm Retiring from the Work I Love
David Stamation, Endo Executive Coach

Earlier this month I wrote the hardest letter of my life. It went to my clients, and it told them I was retiring from coaching, effective immediately.

I'm 61. I love this work. I absolutely love it. And I've come to understand that I can't do it well and heal at the same time.

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David Stamation, Executive Life CoachEarlier this month I wrote the hardest letter of my life. It went to my clients, and it told them I was retiring from coaching, effective immediately. I'm 61. I love this work. I absolutely love it. And I've come to understand that I can't do it well and heal at....

10/05/2026

Overcoming Barriers to Health and Fitness: Insights from a Coach
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach
In my years of coaching, I’ve learned that clients consistently seek to optimize or enhance aspects of their lives. Health and fitness emerge as frequent topics across all age groups. Many express a desire to feel healthy and fit but struggle to achieve it. Typically, their goals can be categorized into three segments:

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In my years of coaching, I’ve learned that clients consistently seek to optimize or enhance aspects of their lives. Health and fitness emerge as frequent topics across all age groups. Many express a desire to feel healthy and fit but struggle to achieve it. Typically, their goals can be categorize...

09/21/2026

The Difficult Patient
Why They Get Under Your Skin
David Stamation, Endo Executive Coach

The thing I keep circling back to in coaching sessions with endodontists is the difficult patient. The source of the difficulty is they're not actually the person you're reacting to. The fidgeter, the talker, the scared one, the one who questions your competence, none of them are causing the size of the reaction you're having. They're triggering it. The reaction itself belongs to someone else, usually someone from much earlier in your life. This piece is about learning to tell the difference.

Why They Get Under Your SkinDavid Stamation, Endo Executive CoachThe thing I keep circling back to in coaching sessions with endodontists is the difficult patient. The source of the difficulty is they're not actually the person you're reacting to. The fidgeter, the talker, the scared one, the one wh...

09/14/2026

Using Anger to Identify Our Needs
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

Most of us were taught as children that anger isn't okay. It wasn't permitted, it wasn't encouraged, and it certainly wasn't explored. So, we learned to stuff it. And when we couldn't stuff it anymore, it came out sideways: explosive, sharp, scaring or hurting the people around us in ways we never intended.

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09/07/2026

The Thing You Do Without Trying Is the Thing That Matters Most
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

Here's something I keep running into with clients: the quality that makes the biggest difference in other people's lives is usually the one they can't see in themselves.

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David Stamation, Executive Life CoachHere's something I keep running into with clients: the quality that makes the biggest difference in other people's lives is usually the one they can't see in themselves.Not because it's hidden. Because it's too close. It's the thing they do so naturally, so autom...

08/31/2026

Quiz: Your Relationship to Rest
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

This quiz is designed to help you identify your actual relationship to rest, not the one you'd like to have, the one you're living. Answer honestly. The goal isn't to judge your answers, it's to see the pattern clearly enough to change it if you want to.

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David Stamation, Executive Life CoachRest sounds simple. Stop working, do nothing, recover. But for most of us it isn't simple at all. Some people rest and come back genuinely restored. Some people rest and spend the whole time feeling like they should be doing something else. And some people don't....

08/24/2026

Quiz: Navigating Drama in the Workplace
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

This quiz accompanies the blog titled: DRAMA - It's Not in the Job Description.

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David Stamation, Executive Life CoachThis quiz accompanies the blog titled: DRAMA - It's Not in the Job DescriptionArticle Summary: Delve into the origins of workplace drama and understand its implications, spanning from its detrimental effect on employee retention to the demoralization of non-drama...

08/17/2026

Meditation: How to Start, How to Explore
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

Meditation is concentrating the mind with a mundane task,
so the rest of the mind can find peace. -J.J. Connolly

This is an ever-present topic with coaching clients, most of whom are seeking an entry point to experiment with it. It's an ancient practice with a lot of modern interpretations. I'll cover five types here to give you some structure for getting started.

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08/10/2026

The Art of Patience
The Power of Cultivating Patience in an Impatient World
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

Have we lost the capacity to be patient?

Netflix isn't loading. Where's the Amazon same-day delivery? How come we haven't been seated or served yet?

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The Power of Cultivating Patience in an Impatient WorldDavid Stamation, Executive Life CoachHave we lost the capacity to be patient?Netflix isn't loading. Where's the Amazon same-day delivery? How come we haven't been seated or served yet?Things have sped up and become increasingly efficient, to the...

08/03/2026

Decoding Your Childhood Strategy: The Pleaser
David Stamation, Executive Life Coach

Last week you may have taken the quiz to identify your childhood strategy, a fancy way of describing how you, as a kid, went about getting the love and attention you needed from your parents. Haven't taken it yet? Click the link below to take the quiz.

David Stamation, Executive Life CoachLast week you may have taken the quiz to identify your childhood strategy, a fancy way of describing how you, as a kid, went about getting the love and attention you needed from your parents. Haven't taken it yet? You can Take the Quiz before reading on, so you h...