We all take life and ourselves a little too seriously. We get upset about things that really don’t matter. We also get super serious about our spiritual practice. But sometimes the most spiritual thing to do is too LAUGH. I had some incredible reminders of the value of NOT taking things so seriously last week.…
Read MoreFeeling bad doesn’t feel good. Most people that come to see me for coaching or a workshop is because they want to get out of feeling bad and start feeling good! When we are experiencing an uncomfortable emotion, we usually want out of it…and we’ll try a variety of methods to do so. We repress…
Read MoreAs much as you may want it, you don’t have 100% control over your life. In fact, control is an illusion. But what you do have is CHOICE and that’s awesome. Our inner and outer choices influence our reality more than anything else. That’s why the choices you make are incredibly important! So what’s a…
Read MoreMy coach recently took a month sabbatical from work. Even though she absolutely loves what she does, she followed an internal nudge that time away would lead to an important discovery. So she did not check email, look at her website, take any work related calls for a month, and completely disconnected from all social…
Read MoreI’ve heard from so many people over the past two weeks about situations that have them throwing their hands in the air and saying, “What the heck is going on??” Break-ups, communication and technology breakdowns, illness, and unexpected challenges seemed contagious. Perhaps we can blame it on Mercury being in retrograde (which thankfully ended on…
Read MoreOne of the biggest mistakes that I see us make when it comes to relationships is loving other people the way we want and need to be loved, rather than loving them in the way they want and need to be loved. And I don’t just mean romantic relationships; this mistake applies to all our…
Read MoreOften great lessons come from unexpected teachers… Recently I heard a woman share about how she was with her friend’s seven-month-old baby boy and witnessed him experiencing frustration over his natural limitations. He was trying to communicate his needs but did not yet have the verbal skills to do so. He was attempting to feed…
Read MoreIn the eight plus years that I have been coaching, I notice people spend a lot of time talking about what they want, but they invest a LOT more time and energy avoiding what they don’t want. Are you one of these people? Do you run away from pain far more than you run toward…
Read MoreA common intention I hear from clients and readers is, “I want to have more flow in my life, stop controlling and be open to where the Uni-verse leads me.” And that’s a beautiful intention but if you actually want it to become reality and not just a bunch of words, some radical shifts are…
Read MoreProcrastination. Even though we know it is the thief of productivity we all do it. And we temporarily enjoy it because we usually fill it with something frivolous that feels rather indulgent. Yet at the same time we feel guilty because we know something is hanging over our head. Procrastination is also the thief of…
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