Nico Boesten, CPCC | Coach

Professional Life Coach & Music Man

Song and Rants

Song & Rants #21 | Mooning & seeing people w/ cover “Glorybound”

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Did your dad ever moon your friends?
Mine did.
He also did some unbelievably, beautifully powerful, life-changing things that will forever impact hundreds of us.
What is the most important thing that your dad taught you?
I share some of my stories in here along with one of my dad’s favourite Martin Sexton covers “Glorybound”.

If you’re looking to get some help or coaching around the topic of your dad or death or both, please reach out. I know I don’t know your situation or what you’re going through but I believe that if you face your stuff you will be able to walk through it. Book a free 20 minute Chemistry Call HERE.

Song & Rants #20 | Saboteurs, Thomas Edison, and cover “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

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This is a clip from an interview I did on the Peacock Podcast where we talk about the voice of the SABOTEUR and how guys like Thomas Edison was able to deal with this “inner critic”. I end with playing a cover of the Paul Simon song “Bridge Over Troubled Water“.

Listen to the full band version of this song I recorded in 2004 on Spotify HERE.

Listen to the full episode of the Peacock Podcast with Nathan Peacock HERE.

Book a free “Chemistry Call” with me (Nico) if you’re interested in doing some life coaching together.

Song & Rants #19 | Hope & Loss w/ Coldplay cover “Let Somebody Go”

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A little chat with my son (Sylas Boesten) about lessons learned from losing his mama (Ingrid Boesten) to cancer and how to hold hope and loss in the same hand. I also share a story about one of the most beautiful things Ingrid did a couple of months before she died.

At Sylas’s suggestion, I did a cover of the Coldplay song “Let Somebody Go” on the Fender Rhodes. This is a dedication post on the anniversary of Ingrid’s death (Dec. 7, 1972 – May 16, 2014).

If you’re interested in finding out more about coaching with Nico, book a free chemistry call here.

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” – Louise Erdrich

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Song & Rants #18 | 5 Regrets of the Dying w/ original song “Align”

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Are you dying your best death?
 
I suppose that part of my purpose in life is also part of my profession as a “life coach”… I love helping people figure out how they want to die… and live. In this little episode I walk through the “Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” based on the experiences of Bronnie Ware (an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care). I also share one of my latest tunes I wrote called “Align” which is based on my theme word for 2022.
 

PS – if you’re interested in getting some support on dying your best death or perhaps coming up with a theme word for this coming year, reach out to me.

Song & Rants #17 | Finding hope & a song for Ingrid “Seven”

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When you think about those wild little moments in your life that inspired you to make those big decisions, what was happening in your heart? And what led you to those moments? And when do you think the next one will happen?

I sing a song I wrote for my Ingrid (my late wife) for our 7 year anniversary called “Seven”. It was a major moment in our relationship that shifted us into having more hope with and for each other.

If you’re looking to make some changes in your life or wondering what it might take, reach out to me to see if having some life coaching together might be a good fit.

Book a FREE 20 minute “Chemistry Call” online HERE

Song & Rants #16 | Your fake life on paper with cover “Where you’re at”

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Here we get into the phrase “ON PAPER”… you know when everything looks perfect from the outside but when you peek behind the curtain of your heart and you get honest, things are different… maybe they’re a LOT different. How many people know your REAL life vs. your life ON PAPER.

If you need some support looking at your REAL life and want to make some changes, reach out for some life coaching HERE.

The song is a cover of “Where You’re At” by Allen Stone

Song & Rants #15 | Mr. Rogers kicks ass with cover “Don’t Let Go”

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A few little stories about how Mr. Rogers changed my life… and the power of being seen. Who has seen YOU in your life? The people who believed in you, cared for you, called out the best in you, and were able to look beyond your fuck-ups. Those people deserve to be honoured.

The song “Don’t Let Go” is a PJ Morton cover. That guy is worth checking out.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor (documentary)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (feature film)

Mr. Rogers Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech

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Song & Rants #14 | Fear juice & Sting cover “Fields of Gold” ft. Ari Neufeld

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Do you have the juice to deal with your fear? In the winter of 2021 I was interviewed by Nathan Peacock and we get into “the juice”… no, not roids. The juice is the fuel / motivation / vision to continue down the path… whatever that is. Could be a job / relationship / goal.

If you have lost your juice and need some help overcoming fear or starting to dream again, reach out to Nico for a coaching session here.

The song “Fields of Gold” performed by my childhood friend Ari Neufeld & I (Nico Boesten) on my back deck. This song is really meaningful as Ari performed this live at my wedding to my late wife in Holland in 1997.

To hear more from Ari Neufeld: @arineufeld

To hear more interviews with Nathan Peacock: @half9media