In January, I talked about transcending the animal and the power of a simple smile as it relates to learning and unlearning behaviors. This month, let’s look at the words we use to talk to ourselves. One word I continuously work at eliminating from my self talk is should. The Way You Talk The way…
Psychology
The Tapestry of Ordinary Life
So I’m on my third, fourth, or maybe fifth time watching the entire seven-season run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (I live alone…Amazon Prime and I are good friends.) The fifteenth episode of season six is called “Tapestry.” And here’s a quick synopsis because it’s important to understand the essence of this episode for…
Ice Cream Is Evil
We love the idea that learning a new mantra, meditation, or yoga pose will cause great change in our lives. For me, I thought that if I just put up a pretty website and got busy with business-like things, my life would change. It didn’t happen. The mantra, meditation, yoga pose, and ‘business-like’ things are…
Processing Your Issues With Polarities, Triangles, and Squares
In the journey toward higher consciousness, you learn to work on yourself and your issues. To work with issues, you do something called processing. What are issues, and what do I mean by processing?
Despair and the Bright Shining Light of Just Maybe
We like to think that one person can’t change the world. I don’t believe that’s true. As one person, you have significant impact on your world. The energy produced by your feelings resounds everywhere. Your energy touches all of the people and buildings and cars and plants and animals that you meet every day. Your…
What Is A Life Coach?
My short answer to the question “what is a life coach” is this: a life coach is a trained professional who guides you to move forward by asking powerful questions. In truth, it’s hard to define exactly what a life coach is because the profession is relatively young and rapidly changing. What is a Life…
Cover Up
Have you girded your loins? Are you ready to do battle? Are you one of those who have armed your self for the long fight ahead? Isn’t it funny how so much of our language depends on duality, on the contest between us (the good guys) and them (the bad guys?) Our most popular sports…