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  • Connection and Community from Harvard’s 85 year Study on Happiness

    Connection and Community from Harvard’s 85 year Study on Happiness

    How does this research resonate with you? Harvard spent 85 years to generate these results! Connection and community are so important to our happiness and well being. Think of what the pandemic did for that, isolating us for months if not years, creating a remote work situation which further removed us from daily interactions, increasing…

  • ALERT: Crows Can Tell You Are Human By Your Cellphone Use

    ALERT: Crows Can Tell You Are Human By Your Cellphone Use

    Far Side nails it. Crows are smarter than we think! How is this cartoon landing for you? Do you feel like an empty, brainless scarecrow without your phone? Kind of reminds me of the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz! Are you, too, searching for your brain, now that you’ve ceded all thinking to the internet…

  • Do You Love Discomfort or Run From It?

    Do You Love Discomfort or Run From It?

    Man, discomfort sucks right? It feels, well, uncomfortable! Maybe even painful! Do you feel all sorts of feelings welling up inside you when you are in discomfort? All sorts of negative self talk? Something else? Sometimes, rightfully so, you should run away from discomfort, especially if it’s leading to a place of pain and harm.…

  • You Talk Too Much, You Never Shut Up

    You Talk Too Much, You Never Shut Up

    Run DMC, “You Talk to Much”, King of Rock Do you find yourself talking a lot? Over talking even? Maybe even not aware of it? Finding some need to over explain? Justify? Something else inside that causes words to continue to emerge? Sometimes we all over deliver words. We feel the need to keep talking,…

  • Got Spirit?

    Got Spirit?

    Do you have any SPIRIT in your life? Or maybe being SPIRITUAL? Or not? In my profile, I talk about holistic coaching of the body, mind, and SPIRIT. It seems to resonate with many as they tell me so at our first meeting.  But what exactly is SPIRIT?  There seems to be no one definition…

  • Have You Smiled At Someone Today?

    Have You Smiled At Someone Today?

    Someone you know? Someone you just passed by? Some chance encounter, a clerk, someone on the subway, a child playing – anyone? Or are you going through the day with…a grumpy look on your face? Expressing some other feelings – anger, frustration, fear, or…nothing at all? We speak with more than our voice. How we…

  • Nightmare on Client Street! A Spooky Halloween Podcast…

    Nightmare on Client Street! A Spooky Halloween Podcast…

    Hey everyone! In celebration of Halloween, my podcast partner Sandy Swanson and I have a new spooky podcast episode out called the Nightmare on Client Street. It’s a light-hearted, but veeerrrrryyyy frightful look at the clients who scare the heck outta us (just kidding!). We hope you enjoy this celebration of coaching and Halloween! Check…

  • Are You Amped Up Every Day?

    Are You Amped Up Every Day?

    Do you wake up every day with a sense of…dread? Anxiety? Fear? Like there is a pack of beserker Vikings screaming, running at you with swords drawn, ready to pounce and hurt you? It’s a common theme now among not only my clients, but also people around me. We are all in a state of…

  • Have You Thanked Someone Today?

    Have You Thanked Someone Today?

    For something big or small? Or something they did, either now or sometime in the past? It turns out that there are some amazing effects to the recipient of that thanks that come with expressing genuine gratitude. The act of receiving thanks activates what are called “pro-social” and “feel good” circuits in the brain. Knowing…

  • Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Names Actually DO Hurt Me

    Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Names Actually DO Hurt Me

    Did you know that words CAN actually hurt you? Yes, that’s right. And not only HURT, but truly HARM you. You know the old children’s rhyme: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me. It may have been a coping mechanism on the outside. But inside it’s much more complex.…

  • Longer Exhales Than Inhales for Stress Relief and Health Benefits

    Longer Exhales Than Inhales for Stress Relief and Health Benefits

    Many people today enjoy breathing practices for improved health and stress relief. The breathing pattern itself matters, as does how you breathe. When you lengthen the exhale, you start engaging the parasympathetic side of the nervous system, which involves rest and digest. The more you sit in “rest and digest” mode, the more you are…

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  • I Want To Move Forward But I Can’t

    I Want To Move Forward But I Can’t

    Are you in a state of FREEZE? And you feel:Terrible. Overwhelmed. Uncertain. Fearful. Anxious. Indecision.Want to get out of it BUT… Can’t. You tried talking to friends.Family.Manager. Co-workers.Mentors.Everyone.Maybe you’ve even tried coaching. Nobody was able to help you get out of your current state.Maybe now we add to the above list: Frustrated. Angry. Depressed. Wondering what’s…

  • Are You Feeling Sluggish?

    Are You Feeling Sluggish?

    Low in energy? Hard to get going in the morning? Moving tough for you? Summoning enough energy to do anything seem difficult? Many clients come to session claiming they just can’t get moving. Moving towards goals. Moving towards anything in life. One particular pattern caught my attention. And it goes something like this. Before the…

  • What If There Were No Good Or Bad?

    What If There Were No Good Or Bad?

    Do you label things in your life either GOOD or BAD? Your behavior?Your thoughts?Your feelings?Yourself?That there should be only GOOD things. And no BAD things. And that if there are a lot of BAD things, then I too must be BAD.A BAD person.Aswirl in BAD feelings about yourself.Wondering why GOOD things don’t happen to me.And where are…

  • Oh, How I Long For The Simple Life…

    Oh, How I Long For The Simple Life…

    How many of you have wished for the SIMPLE LIFE? Longed for days NOT filled with demands, stress, complexity. Feeling OVERWHELMED. MAXED OUT. BEYOND MAXED OUT. UNFOCUSED. ARMS PULLING YOU IN ALL DIRECTIONS. Perhaps that is what vacation can be like. GET AWAY FROM IT ALL. Although when I go on vacation, I see people…

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