May 7, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Leadership & Career Development |
My 22-year-old daughter is graduating college this weekend. She’s landed a great job in a new city with a very well known company. We are all thrilled, mostly because we are getting her off of our payroll soon. When she first got the job, my daughter talked about...
Apr 30, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Stress Relief |
Rumination #1 For the last couple of years, I’ve been trying to talk my husband into selling our home and downsizing. Our oldest son is married and living in another state and our two younger children are in college, so they are rarely home. My husband had steadfastly...
Apr 2, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Stress Relief
Since the chaos of the Coronavirus has hit our nation, I’ve tried to balance pure terror with reasonable steps to stay healthy and still enjoy my life. This post is in no way diminishing the danger of the virus, especially for those who are physically vulnerable to...
Mar 5, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Leadership & Career Development
A client recently told me that she knows she has a gift or unique strength and worries that fear will keep her from utilizing it. Over our coaching relationship, she was able to identify a few of her own gifts. Gifts that, for many years, she had kept hidden. Now she...
Feb 20, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Leadership & Career Development
Often, my clients tell me that they can’t stand a certain aspect of themselves. “I hate that I’m so afraid of doing that.” “I can’t stand that I’m so reactive.” “What’s wrong with me? Why am I so judgmental?” It’s not hard for most of us to list what we don’t like...
Feb 6, 2020 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
One of the more common themes that I hear from my clients and students are stories and resentments about their childhood. It seems that many of us grew up in toxic or dysfunctional households. Many of us have lots of negative memories of one or both parents being...
