One day my husband and I were with my sister’s family and on our way to an event (which eludes my memory). We were riding together and running a bit late but still needed to pick up something at a store. Tom and I waited in the car while they completed their errand. Getting back …
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The topic of finding inner spaciousness has been lingering in my mind and heart since my last blog. It has lead me to explore the difference between striving and stillness. I guess the fact that I went from a tangible experience of finding space in an overfilled storage closet to finding space in …
Why do most of us resist asking for expert help? It seems there are certain areas of life where we believe we “should” be able to figure things out by ourselves. And we feel some shame about even needing help. As a life coach myself, I have seen this with many folks. Let’s admit it. …
Have you noticed that it seems anyone who publicly takes a leadership role in helping others is an open target for meanness? Sometimes it even borders on or crosses the line as some form of bullying. It is especially true on the Internet. It happens online very easily because the perpetrator of unkindness is not …
Very often (and for a variety of reasons) we ignore our feelings. Today’s words are about the wisdom of acknowledging feelings. I wonder . . . how is your week going and what new insights and lessons of life are confronting you these days? what challenges are you facing? Are you feeling overwhelmed or powerless over …
I know this is a simple and perhaps even silly sounding blog today. (Feet and eyes face forward, duh!) But right now, I am okay with that. I am feeling so tired of all of the political negativity we hear every day as we face our election that I just want to …
Time and time again through the years I have listened to parents, (mothers in particular) when they search for how to describe something that worries them. They usually end up saying, I can’t explain it but I “know” something “is not quite right.” They often add, ” but maybe it is just my imagination” in …
Just the word “pain” almost hurts, doesn’t it? And to think of it as a “gift” just does not sit well with us. The challenge is to remember that pain (or distress) of any type is a “wake up call.” Even when we don’t want to wake up. Who loves an alarm clock amongst us? …
I have a notion to . . . Are things piling up in your life and you hardly know where to start? Are you procrastinating due to overwhelm? Do you need a jump start? Do some of you remember the days when it was not uncommon to see people using jumper cables to …
I have been thinking of how we human/”sheep” are both complex and confusing, and predictable and programmed. We do not like to think of ourselves as either predictable or programmed. In fact, many people do not really like to think of ourselves as being like “sheep.” In our culture, we tend to struggle with …