The Power of Acceptance

In coaching sessions, clients often discuss struggles or frustrations they’re experiencing.  Struggling is characterized by that feeling of trying to place a round peg in a square hole. It’s a stressful place to be. It’s also energy draining, time consuming, and it distracts you from the goals you’re working on. From Struggle to Acceptance Struggle [...]

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Are You Ready for Change?

You SAY you want to lose weight, be less stressed, change jobs or improve your relationship with your spouse. You SAY this change would add value to your life, make you healthier, richer, happier… You need to do something because as things are, you are not happy and you know life could be better than [...]

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Accept Reality and Stop Wishing for the Past to Continue into Today

Having trouble accepting your current reality? This will absolutely interfere with your ability to succeed at change. Think about it, if you cannot accept who you are AS you are today, how can you expect to plot a course for change? Barb at the bank stated that she likes to be able to eat whatever [...]

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A Poem About US

For our wedding Lou and I asked people to share poems, passages or to write something that they would be willing to share with us about love, marriage, family… People shared some beautiful thoughts and poems – which I will share with you in future posts. At night, after the wedding, Lou asked me why [...]

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Assert Yourself or Eat Potato Chips

When people make requests of you, how do you respond? Often, people can become very upset, angry – even irate - when asked for favors; when people at work ask you to do things or to take on projects; when family asks questions that are intrusive; when neighbors ask to borrow; or kids ask you to [...]

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