As we stand at the beginning of another year, it is tempting to get swept up in the narrative of “New Year. New You!” And all the changes you are going to “Make 2020 your best year yet!”. Truth be told, it can get overwhelming really fast when you start to try to make big changes or change too many things at once. As someone who has transformed my own life and reinvented myself many times I can certainly attest…
I’ve spent the last 2 weeks slowing down. Coming down off the high of yet another successful transformational event. Facilitating people finding their voices, releasing old limiting beliefs and stepping into new possibilities for themselves. Inviting them to choose from love vs fear and desire vs obligation. I came to Jamaica to visit with family and sink my energetic roots deep into the country of my birth. I realized many moons ago this is necessary for me to do at…
I love tapping! (Emotional Freedom Technique) it is one of the ‘freedom tools’ I use and teach to my clients. Here’s an example of why I love it. A few months ago, I’d been feeling increasingly frustrated at my lack of action to complete the book I’ve been writing. I was out of integrity with my commitment to myself to complete it and I was having a field day judging myself for that! Ugh! A little context might be helpful……
My new book is entitled “P.A.I.N. – An Invitation to Self Love”. It contains much of the wisdom, knowledge and understanding that I’ve gained through many decades of working with people in physical and emotional pain and, the journey of healing my own. What I’ve learned is that every painful experience of our life is an opportunity. To heal, understand, grow, connect. To shift in some way, our relationship with ourselves. That physical pain? An opportunity to Pay. Attention. Inside….
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~ Sharon Salzberg, New York Times Best Selling Author In my coaching practice it is common for people to think they should do certain things to practice self-care, such as prayer, meditation, yoga or journaling. All of these are excellent practices to be sure. The reality is that what restores us is as individual as our thumbprints. What you do to restore yourself is strictly…
Technology is everywhere. It’s integrated into our lives from the moment we wake up and check our email to the last few minutes of the day when we wade through our favorite social media feed. We stay connected through smartphones, tablets, Fitbits and multi-display work computers. It can be challenging to use technology mindfully as it’s so easy to get pulled into the ‘world wide web’. Choosing to unplug, disconnect and put down our devices needs to be a deliberate…
“Giving up doesn’t mean you are weak. Sometimes it means you are strong enough to let go.” ~ Author Unknown Letting go and giving up are two different notions, but all too often we think they mean the same thing. The dictionary defines letting go as “allowing to escape, to set free” and giving up as “to abandon hope.” It can be scary to let go, but holding on to ideas, thoughts, feelings, relationships and things that are hurting you…
Do you feel that you’re making the difference you want to be making in the world? Do you feel you’re using your greatest talents on a daily basis? Do you feel that you’re making the money you know you can make and deserve? If you answered no to any of these questions, you’re in the perfect place to begin creating a thriving career – and life – for yourself. The place to start is to understand the gift you’re meant…
Today marks the first day that I am officially an “empty nester”. The last of my three children left home yesterday for college. My older two have been gone for a while. (It’s a 10 year age difference between #2 and #3.) Last week we were all together for the first time in 6 years! #2 graduated from the Naval Officer training program and I seized the opportunity to create a mini family reunion around the celebration. My Mom flew…
If you’ve been following my journey over the last 8 months or so, you’ll know that I was journeying though what I called “The Void”. I surrendered fully to my Souls journey, letting go of much of what I was doing and how I was doing them and creating space for what was wanting to be birthed next through me. It’s has been a journey that has required: Developing greater levels of courage and trust – in myself and the…
