Are You Afraid of the Change You Want?

It’s not unusual to be dissatisfied with our lives and long for change. Yet when the opportunity for real transformation appears, something in us may hesitate. We say we want change, but then we quietly resist it.

How do you know it’s time for change? It’s time for change when you no longer feel comfortable in your body and/or mind. You may feel constricted and tired. Or you may end the day exhausted from meaningless efforts that aren’t fulfilling. You may feel a niggling itch to try a different rhythm or a new environment. [Read more…]

Thinning of the Veil

What does it mean that the veil between the worlds is most thin at this time of the year? Old religions from Europe, and independently from Mexico and Central America, invite and celebrate the dead to return to feast and be remembered at the time after the last harvest. [Read more…]

The Shift of Seasons, A Time for Change

As one season gives way to another, nature reminds us that change is both inevitable and essential. The shift is subtle at first — a cooler breeze in the evening, a softening of the light, leaves hesitating before they let go. Yet these changes remind us that life itself is in constant motion, asking us to notice, adapt, and sometimes to let go. Change is as inevitable as the change of seasons. [Read more…]

What are you waiting for? Do It Now!

Are you hearing the message over and over again? Come on, what are you waiting for to move on, or to resolve an issue, or to get healthy? If you’ve been procrastinating about taking an action, any action, this coaching advice is for you.

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What will be your response? Staying Positive

The world today feels pretty chaotic for many. Are you responding with fear and angst, or with love, compassion and joy? Those who respond with fear, give the other side an advantage.

In order to move forward with grace, it’s important to cultivate self-awareness and intentionality in our reactions. Every challenge we face, whether personal, societal, or global, offers an opportunity to choose our reaction. We need to decide if we let external circumstances dictate our emotions, or if we ground ourselves in values that promote connection and growth? [Read more…]

Empowered Action

In the chaos of daily life, it can be challenging to feel positive enough to create a future that feels empowered. The constant bombardment of information can leave us feeling powerless and disconnected from our sense of joy and purpose. To meet this hurdle, one of the strategies I’ve adopted is to keep a journal of how I’ve had a positive effect on—or taken positive action on behalf of—another person, or how such action has been taken on behalf of me.

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Take Charge And Reduce Your Stress

This has been a difficult election season, and I believe the stress won’t end on election day. However, we can try to control how we choose to be in the world. Below are some suggestions that I invite you to consider, and hope that I can be mindful of these reminders during the next however long. [Read more…]

Why Tarot is a Valuable Tool in Empowerment Coaching

My clients have found Tarot can be a powerful tool for personal growth and transformation during the coaching experience. Before reading the cards, I call on the angels and guides to use Tarot to help us find the path to the change the client is seeking. I call on the angels and guides because we ALL have our own guides, and their single purpose is to help each of us [Read more…]

Loving Your Child Self

Very often a life coach or therapist discovers several clients have the same, or similar, issues at the same time. Actually, if you consider the universal energies from numerology or planet alignment, that makes sense because the universal energy will bring up related concerns for different people. [Read more…]

Love the Child You Were

Very often a life coach or therapist discovers several clients have the same, or similar, issues at the same time. Actually, if you consider the universal energies from numerology or planet alignment, that makes sense because the universal energy will bring up related concerns for different people. [Read more…]