How many times a day do you extend your hand to greet someone? What if each time you extended your hand you were also reminding yourself of your Dependable Strengths.
Strengths that if you choose, you could put to work for a new friend, an employer, your family? For years as a coach I have looked [...]
Structures like a checklist can help us do what we say we want to do. Both with clients and personally I use forms to track progress and improve performance. Another powerful structure that I have used personally is Lent. Lent is the season prior to Easter in which Christians take time to prepare for the [...]
I’m one of those who experiences a slow energetic leak when the shorter and grayer days of winter arrive in the Northwest. My experience of this leak was particularly acute last year. So, I decided to expand possibilities for this winter and adopt an “Auntie Mame” mindset. That’s in part what prompted my re-vitalizing my home [...]
A phone visit with relatives on Easter Day resulted in my being aware that there was a temporary stress epidemic in my family. Yikes! To hear that five adults ages 39 to 65 all concur that they were stressed-out was an eye-opener. One of those is a woman over fifty who appears on the surface [...]
Have you noticed the early arrival of beautiful blossoms on the plum trees and warmer temperatures brightening your mood? They certainly do mine! However, if we are primarily focused on problems such as work challenges or health issues we may hardly notice the changes. How is it that our focus so often determines our reality [...]
Recently I had the great privilege of being in on a Mentor Certification Course through invite.CHANGE, a coach training organization where I am on staff. Now, certification programs are not always known for their inspiring nature. However, when it comes to coaching, I have found that inspiration and accelerated personal growth are almost always part [...]
Just as I was about to pull up the draft of this week’s blog post, there was a flicker. I most likely reacted and the next thing I knew…Clean Sweep. Whatever my previous brilliant draft had to offer was history! I am taking that as a gift. Whatever, my earlier thoughts were are not as [...]
Metaphors for midlife abound! One that I have come to respect through my own experience and the wise teachings of mentors like Sue Monk Kidd and Christiane Northrup is that midlife is often a time of re-birthing. If re-birth conjures up precious memories of giving birth to your child or painful ones, both apply. The other [...]
As a woman at midlife, sometimes you are very clear when you have had enough of:
Old habits that no longer serve you
Old files that need to be tossed
Projects that are going no-where that you know it is time to bring closure to
Relationships that are no longer working for you
Give yourself permission to say “Enough, [...]
A few weeks ago, I found myself driving through the rain, late for an appointment and, not surprisingly, when I got near the destination I had trouble finding it. When I arrived I was not in the calm receptive place that would optimize the value of my appointment. So, I took time to breathe, ground [...]
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