Change can be a daunting prospect, and sometimes, we go to great lengths to avoid it. We become comfortable with the familiar, even if it’s not making us happy. But what happens when we start to notice the signs that something in our life needs to change, even if it’s difficult to face? On the […]
As I was putting the podcast together for this month which is all about how we are looking back over the year, I began thinking about my own work and that of my clients. On the show today I mention how making real changes…CHANGES your life. Because it does. I get the honor of witnessing […]
It’s so frustrating. You began that health plan two weeks ago, or began cleaning and painting your guest room and WHAM life showed up and got in the way of your goals. Maybe you came down with a cold, a loved one needed care out of town or work just got plain crazy and you […]
So, you’ve started your journey to change your life. You have been working hard at identifying what needs to happen, and even grabbed a coach to help you find the right path. You have a few people in your corner who are truly cheering you on, and life is now exciting and lovely adventure. It […]
We all say we want to always be growing, evolving into our authentic self, living our best life. Making that happen, of course can be another matter altogether. I think at the core of all our reasons is fear, keeping us from taking small and large risks that changing ourselves can and will bring. Differentiating […]
When we begin thinking we need different, naturally our brain begins to create a checklist of what needs to go, and what we need to add to our life. My work with clients has been all about that: learning what behaviors need to go, what healing work must be done before we can move forward, […]
We all want them to be committed. We want our partner, our friends, our kids and our coworkers to all be eternally committed to personal growth. To get some boundaries, to heal the old trauma, and to stop acting out immaturely when God forbid we need to confront them. Yes, we need them to be […]
As a counselor and a coach, I work constantly with the concept of change: what brings it about, what it entails, and what the realities are around readiness, commitment and the resistance to allow it to happen. Heartbreakingly I also get to witness the “delusion” of denial when one party gets manipulated into thinking the […]
It’s just so frustrating. You know you want things in your life to be better. To be different. You want your life to finally reflect the real you. But, every time you go to take the next big step you just can’t. You find “reasons” to wait, to put off, to change your mind. Unfortunately […]
You’ve probably heard it before, at least from me on this blog or on the podcast: as long as you are doing the HOW you’ll be fine. You will change, you will learn and grow and life will get better. The HOW stands for Honesty, Openness and Willingness – the three components of personal growth […]
