a balance of sunny and raw topics, because the human experience is messy
Photo by Marcio Nascimento on Pexels.com I have an important question for you. How many times have you found yourself comparing your own life experiences to someone else’s? Often, when we do this, we end up generating feelings of jealousy, or lack, or even shame. Because we can actually do this comparison in any number …
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Photo by Ryanniel Masucol on Pexels.com I want to share a neat little phrase with you before I get into this important topic. The phrase is something my ex would say a lot: “All I know is what you tell me.” I didn’t think it was neat at the time. He used it quite often …
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com Here we are at the end of 2020 and the time of year when many of us set goals for the new year. Don’t worry, if you’re finding this another time, because that’s part of what I want to talk about. This tendency we have to only focus on …
Photo by Laura Stanley on Pexels.com Today, I want to talk about being alone with yourself. And whether or not you enjoy being alone with yourself. Or whether you think that being alone is a lonesome activity. Now, if you are a person who loves being alone with yourself, this may not be the post …
Photo by Ralph Rabago on Pexels.com Holidays seem to be a time when our lack of boundaries really start to show up in full force. For some of us, this is any day, really. Because if you’re still struggling to find a way to have your own back and to say “no”, I want to …
Photo by Jackson David on Pexels.com I want to dive into depression today. In fact, I’d like to try a different approach with it because it’s a topic that we all tend to dance around. I have had a close and toxic relationship with depression over my lifetime and I now have a new perspective. …
My friends, we spend far too much time in the zone of fear. I’m not talking about pandemic fear. There’s a whole layer of fear that we cling to in everyday life, and that’s fear of taking action. Now, we can certainly apply this to current events, but the truth is that we’ve been doing …
We may have full awareness that there are no do-overs in life. Until that magical time machine is invented, there is no going back and doing things differently in hopes of producing an alternate outcome. Yet such awareness doesn't stop us from wishing. Maybe we would be in a different place if we had chosen …
In my world, I no longer get to say I don't know. If I try to, the standard come back from any coach I'm working with will inevitably be, "What if you did know?" At first it was a maddening mind game for me, but now I've come to expect this response. I don't always …
As I write this, I'm getting ready to head to Las Vegas with the fam for a quick weekend visit. It's become an annual event since my in-laws retired there a few years ago. By the time this is published, we'll be wrapping it up, but I thought it might be a good time to …
