I am passionate about life. Not just existing, going through the motions each day, but truly living. Waking up each day feeling grateful for my life and joyfully anticipating my day. Feeling free! I didn’t always feel this way though. There were many periods in my life that I dreaded a new day. Not wanting to wake up. Being pissed off that I had woken up at all! I was one of the “walking dead”. I did things because I…
Why is is that we seem to feel ashamed when we are being challenged in our lives? As if we “shouldn’t” have problems? I’ve noticed It seems to be even more challenging the smarter and more successful we become. We feel we “should”: … know better … be able to handle it alone … not even be feeling the way we feel! These judgements often cause us to withdraw and not want to talk about what’s going on, even with our…
Note: I define “Wonky” as feeling “off”; experiencing rapid and unusual shifts in mood and energy levels. I’ve been on a bit of an emotional roller coaster for the past 24 hours or so. It started about 4:30 pm yesterday. I was having a great day. I had had sessions with 3 different clients in the morning. They are all making great progress in their journey of creating a life that is joyful and meaningful for them and had lots…
I “suffered” with bouts of depression for most of my teenage years and on and off through my 20’s, 30’s and early 40’s. What I now understand is that my depression was simply anger turned inward. I happened to be angry for all kinds of reasons: because I didn’t get the attention I wanted; I was made to do things I really didn’t want to and made to feel quite powerless; I was told how I “should” be, or that how…
