How to Stop Feeling Guilty & Set Yourself Free
Guilt is a universal emotion, and women feel it especially profoundly. You can feel guilty about how a situation turned out, or someone can guilt you into doing something you’d rather not do. After this, you may feel guilty about doing it. Or, you might experience...
Turning Points in Life Can Create a Mess or a Miracle, You Choose
You might think that all turning points in life should be monumental moments that flip your world upside down and cause you to panic. Some are just that. For instance, he just left you for another woman. Now what? Or, you just lost your job—what’s next? But all life...
Why The Grieving Process Seems To Take Forever (Plus 9 Gems You Gain Along The Way)
The grieving process is an enigma. For some, it seems to pass quickly after the initial shock wears off. For others, it can take forever, or so it seems. The journey depends on how you choose to progress through the phases—and these are tough choices. What I know for...
15 Ways To Practice Self-Care On Your Most Stressful COVID Days
For sure, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we respond to countless things in our lives. Some people are on the front lines, putting their own lives at risk. Others are essential workers, providing services so the rest of us can survive, while many are no...
The Simplest Way to Build a Resilient Mindset During COVID-19 And Beyond
Clarity, foresight, and knowing when we can move about the cabin again, is what we all crave in this COVID-19 world. With all the doubt in our minds and worry in our hearts, it is no wonder we’re feeling a bit out of control. Having a resilient mindset is key to...
Hacking Your Way to Happiness: A Conversation with Vindy Teja
When life blindsided and devastated Vindy, she discovered how hacking her way to happiness allowed her to re-imagine life and reinvent herself.
Letting Go of the Outcome: A Conversation with Deanna Shoss
When things don’t go as planned we can get sucked in by the loss and grief. Letting go of the outcome was Deanna’s lesson allowing her to move on. Watch.
How To Restore Confidence In Yourself After You Feel Like You Let Yourself Down
Disappointing others is bad enough, but when you let yourself down, the effect can be devastating. And, it can brew into a storm of self-doubt. It may feel as if you failed, which takes you down a notch or two—or three. You may begin to believe the inner voices that...
Permission to Thrive: A Conversation with Shawn Pearson
Those who are strong and resilient got that way by going through tragedy and trauma. Shawn Pearson shares her inspiring story in Permission to Thrive.
Dancing Through Emotional Triggers: A Conversation with ShaRon Rea
Just when you think you’ve ended one story and moved on, something or someone pushes a button–an emotional trigger–and you’re thrown backwards. Watch.
Gratitude – how do you show it?
This has been a particularly eventful month so far for me, with a number of great things happening. And I’m feeling very blessed and grateful. It got me to thinking about how to express my gratitude so that those who support me understand how important they are to...
Respect — how important is it to you?
I was talking with a friend over the weekend and we got into a conversation about respect and how important it is to each of us that we are shown respect—and we quickly acknowledged that it is equally important to show respect to others. Respect in my own life—a short...
Change—Rapid Change!
Do you feel like change in your life is constant? It does seem that way to me too, sometimes—especially these days, as I work to build a new practice for coaching women through life transitions. Although I’ve been training, mentoring and coaching for 20+ years, as...
Direction – Where are you heading?
If you read last week’s blog post, “Do you have anything you want to heal?” you’ll recall that I was inspired by an event I attended last weekend: “Prosper 2014,” facilitated by Sharon Hess, an intuitive healer. Well, another concept I heard from Sharon...
Is there anything you want to heal?
What comes to you when you think about the word “heal?” You may immediately think of something physical, like a broken bone, a burn or cut. I’d like you to think a bit deeper than that. Think about your life. Think about your relationships – with people, with your...
Change and Coping with it
How do you cope with change? Change is ever present in our lives and there is no getting around it. Whether the crocus pokes through the winter snow, the leaves turn a brilliant red in autumn, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly or the tide ebbs and flows, there...
Inspired Inspiration
Over the years, I have been inspired by many poets, novelists, songwriters and the like. When words are put together in a certain way and they convey a message or conjure an image that speaks to my heart or my soul, it feels like divine intervention – inspired...
Women: Do you put yourself last?
Join the club! Recently, I’ve been talking with women about where they rank in their own lives. More often than not I’m hearing that they are way down on the list. Making sure her kids get where they need to be, focusing on her career responsibilities, taking care...
Life Happens – Lessons Learned the Hard Way
It was one of those days when I awoke in a funk – I remember it well – and it was happening more often than not. This is what they mean by “life happens.” Everyone around me thought I had the perfect marriage, but it wasn’t perfect at all. I denied it for years. I...
Change – 5 Tips to Make Change Easier!
Change is inevitable … it is a part of life. We often just cope with it but, did you know there is a better way? Take control by the way you think about change. “If you can’t change the circumstances, change your perspective.” ~~Author Unknown “Change is...