Transformational Alchemy for the Highly Sensitive Person
Sep 08This week, why not try to mix it up a little? Challenge yourself to do things differently, see your life in new ways, and welcome the Beginner's Mind place of innovation and creativity. The power of divergent thinking is the fuel for all of Keep Reading
Apr 04A Mindset Manifesto I work with new coaches who, like those in many other creative fields, have to endure short-sided warnings that serve to paralyze, not encourage. "It's so competitive out there!" blah, blah, blah "Don't quit your day job!" I have Keep Reading
Dec 04Shame vs. Healthy Guilt Dr. Brene' Brown, the world's guru on shame, writes that shame and empathy are on the same scale. On one end we have shame, the feeling that when we mess up we are a horrible, awful, unlovable person who can't do anything Keep Reading
Nov 27Why I decided to be a Transformational Coach. Somebody recently asked me why I decided to practice Transformational Coaching rather than as a licensed mental health care practitioner. Because I have a Bachelor's and Master's in psychology, it gets Keep Reading
Nov 27From surviving to thriving. I read an article on the field of Positive Psychology this week and in a paragraph I found the word, "happiology". What a delightful word (haha). The foundation of Positive Psychology is the understanding that positive Keep Reading
Nov 26The tragedy of Self-suppresion. Highly Sensitive People are conditioned to keep things clean--who wants to own the messes of life--that we learn to hand out our personal power to the lowest bidder. We avoid asking the difficult questions, speaking Keep Reading
Nov 22Some thoughts on Self-Healing. Here we are coming up on one of the major holidays of the year in America. It's a day stuffed with expectations of gratitude, family, and abundance. For many, it's exactly that-- pure joy-- and for many more it's Keep Reading
Nov 18Hiding in plain sight. Why aren't we all continuously amazed by the Placebo Effect? You know, when you give someone a tic-tac, call it chemotherapy and within 24 hours their tumor is 1/2 the size it was yesterday? (It's not an exaggeration; it's Keep Reading
Nov 18"Curious people knowingly invest in activities that cause them discomfort as a springboard to higher psychological peaks." ~ Kashdan & Biswas-Diener (August 2013 issue of Psychology Today). The research shows that following curiosity at the risk Keep Reading
Nov 14Getting unstuck. I help people live their dreams and navigate the changes required to do so. Sometimes those changes are big. Sometimes with just the slightest adjustment, away they go. It's beautiful to watch. Living our dreams requires an Keep Reading