The Call to Climb
I interviewed James Robbins today on my podcast, My Love of Life Energy. Author of The Call to Climb.
I hadn’t met James before today. Yet when I glanced through his Instagram, I felt a warmth in my chest, the kind that says: yes, this will be good.
And it was.
From the moment he began, his words pulled me in. He calls himself “not a great writer.” But as I scrolled through the first three chapters of his book, I found myself leaning forward, hungry for more, clicking purchase without hesitation.
One sentence stopped me cold:
“People may live eighty years, but in reality they only live one year, repeated eighty times.”
The words echoed like a bell. My own patterns came into focus — the grooves of emotion, thought, behavior I slide into without noticing. And then the pause: the moment where everything might open.
Later, another line followed me home: “What I do today will shape my future.” That afternoon, I skipped the usual scroll through emails and strapped myself onto my Pilates machine. I moved, breath by breath, feeling my muscles hold the future weight of grandchildren I long to lift.
What struck me most wasn’t only his words, but his way of seeing. When James marveled, it was as if the ceiling of the world split open — shooting stars streaking, the Milky Way spilling its light. I saw in him a man in love with life’s very fabric.
His intention is clear: for every human being to listen to their soul and share their gifts. That is the current I ride too. I listen for the eternal in someone — the quiet note beneath their stories, the love pressing to be spoken, the true nature waiting at the edge of memory.
When the podcast was complete, James sat in silence for a breath and then thanked me. “You’ve asked me questions I need to reflect on,” he said. His eyes lingered, soft. I’ve seen that look before — the moment when something hidden stirs to the surface. That moment never stops moving me.
I walked away marveling, too. At James. At the mysterious threads that weave strangers into encounters. At the blessing of being there to witness it.
And if something in these words tugged at you — the pause, the marvel, the memory of your own soul — that is the space where my coaching lives. A place to listen deeply, to remember who you are, and to step into the life that longs for you.
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