How to Listen with Emotional Mastery
I am a trained listener and what I’ve noticed is that listening is a missing skill in our social, educational or business training, and it has a huge impact on how we show up in the world as leaders and…
Trapped in Danger Mode
It was not safe when the trauma happened, true. But that was then, and this is now. Yet right now, do you still feel unsafe? You may be trapped in Danger Mode; the fight flight freeze response.
Many successful people…
The Choice – Which Door?
There are certain times in life when we are faced with major choices that change the course of our lives significantly… when we choose to marry, or take a job overseas, or bring a baby into the world.
And then…
Homeostasis
“HOME WE’LL STAY 😘”
During this unusual time of being required to stay at home, there’s a beautiful invitation being presented to us to discover and create a new, fulfilling equilibrium.
It’s classic science from grade school… when a system…
Empowering Life After Trauma
The opportunity in life after trauma is to engage in intentional post traumatic growth while on the recovery journey. Personal growth using the power of the mind enhances the the healing and recovery work.
Coping Self vs True Self
There’s something about yourself that you may not realize. And it’s begging for attention. It’s the way you’ve been coping with life.
As children we are extremely adaptable, and learn to improvise, stretch and adjust to our environment and those…
Coaching Buyer Beware: Know What You Need
Coach shopping has become incredibly challenging. Many online and offline ‘coaches’ are actually trainers and mentors.
And it’s important that you know the difference.
Because coaching is not a regulated industry, anyone can hang a shingle on their office door…
Prioritizing Personal Growth Goals
What if we prioritized personal growth goals as much as formal education?
Our world, and your life, would be very different.
Hateful attacks would be eliminated because people would look within themselves to find the source of their negativity and…
Shadow Mirror Work: How to Grow from People who Bother You
I’m about to show you how you can use what others mirror to you, to accelerate your personal growth.
It was Carl Jung who first said, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves”.…
How to get to the Emotional Root Cause of the Problem
We all have issues, right? Who doesn’t? If you’ve been trying to move past an issue that’s bogging you down, and you’re trying to make changes, but they never stick, then this is for you. There is likely an emotional…
Grief Resources
Loss is inevitable in life. And it hurts. Yet our western culture doesn’t know how to handle grief, much less support someone in it.
The grief journey is a shockingly disorienting experience for anyone, especially those experiencing it for the…
Rebuilding After Loss
Endings and losses are inevitable in life. As much we dislike change, and do our best to create stability, it’s impossible to avoid endings. Sometimes endings are planned, sometimes there is some advanced notice, and other times they are completely…
Which Professional do you Need?
It’s time. You’ve been working on that thing for so long and it’s just not budging. And now it may be getting in the way.
It may be a mental block, a bad habit, a chronic immobilizing emotional state. Or…
The Meaning of Life is Up to You
That sounds trite, I know, but I’m going to show you how you can empower yourself with this simple, yet profound tool. It’s a tool that you already have and use every day. And it has the power to change…
What’s Your Growth Plan?
How intentional are you about your personal growth and professional growth plans?
Most people put more effort into planning their vacations than they do their own personal growth and evolution. Yet vacations are fleeting, while investing in self development will…
Everyone has Mental Health Issues
Everyone has mental health issues; only the brave ones admit it and address it.
Somehow our society has reserved the term mental health issue only for mentally-challenged folks or for severe psychological imbalances such as bipolar disorder. Yet if you…
Forbidden Anger Forgiven
How could you?!?
Choose to be here
In this turmoil and despair
WTF was I thinking?
How dare you? I?
Put me in this pain
Heartache and wailing is not what I signed up for
Is it?
Seething and fuming…
Lessons From Loss
When someone we love dies, our world shatters. Although these situations fall into the common category of grief, each loss is unique, depending on the relationship to the deceased, the nature of the death, and many other circumstances. And every…
Spiritual Meaning in Netflix Travelers
The spiritual meaning in the Travelers series is thought-provoking and powerful. At the time of this post I wasn’t able to find any reference to this on the web so I decided to share it myself.
The Canadian-based Netflix series…
Pause and Reflect on Life
It seems to roll around every year in late autumn… the urge to slow down to pause and reflect on life. The days are shorter, the trees and plants have shed and are pulling their energy into their roots, and…