Category: * Coaching
3 ways you’re dooming a relationship before it begins
Have you been single since what seems like forever – and miserable about it? If so, you may be falling into one of these common self-defeating traps in relationship. 1) You raise the wrong bars too high I’m not suggesting you settle for something or someone that just isn’t right for you. I’ve talked before […]
A Tale of Two Singletons: Let Down Your Long Hair
This is the second part of a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. The other eternally single friend In my last post, I talked about one kind of eternally single friend that we all seem to have: the type who we know is awesome, isn’t shy about meeting people and always seems […]
10 Steps to Becoming the Best Version of Yourself
New Year, New You Let’s face it: “New Year, New You” guides tend to be click-bait, fantasy-land nonsense. Every NYE, millions of us decide that, starting from RIGHT NOW, we’re going to be that happy, shiny, confident and all-round perfect human being we always thought we would be. We’ll spend two hours in the gym […]
5 Simple Steps That Will Make You Happier Today
Everyone’s looking for that one big secret to happiness. We’re all after that magical thing that will transform our lives, our outlook and allow us to feel peaceful and content. But I’m going to let you in to a secret of my own: reality is much more mundane than that. There is no magical happiness formula. There is […]
What Does Your Body Say About You?
This article was inspired by an article I recently read at MindBodyGreen. I started thinking about all the things our bodies can say about us. While the article above primarily focuses on health issues that can be indicated by various physical signs, I started thinking about the things our bodies say about us; and more importantly, […]
MindBodyGreen: Do You Freak Out Over Every Little Thing? Here’s How To Get Resilient
When you are resilient you have the confidence to let your defensiveness drop and you can truly relax and enjoy life. Remember, you are in complete control of your mind, your feelings and your life. 100% control. Perhaps you just forgot that for a while. We all do sometimes. It is going to take effort to start […]
Poor Me Syndrome (PMS) vs. The Art of True Self Compassion
“It’s all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished.” ― Debbie Macomber Things go wrong in life and when they do, it’s easy to feel like the odds are stacked against you. All of a sudden, the world is out to get […]
Sick of Suffering for Others? Stop Being a Martyr!
How can you give so much but feel so empty and angry? If you’re a martyr, you’re selfish and you’re not giving freely. You tell others you are, but you’re not. And because of this you’re suffering in silence… and causing it all yourself. The motivation of a martyr is to sacrifice themselves for someone else […]
Stop Fixating On Your Ex and Focus On Yourself!
Let me tell you a bit about one of my clients, I’ll call her Molly… Molly came to see me towards the end of 2009. She’d been divorced for six years and in all that time hadn’t stopped obsessing about what her ex-husband was up to. In the beginning, she would talk about only one […]
How To Survive Thanksgiving Tantrums and Torment With Your Crazy Family!
Thanksgiving is less than a few days away and you’re planning a traditional holiday dinner, which includes a golden turkey as the showpiece of the meal. Although the Mercy for Animals Foundation conducted an undercover investigation on the abuse these birds are subjected to – it is NOTHING compared to the amount of stress and anxiety […]
