Time doesn’t heal all wounds, it just gives them space to sink into the subconscious, where they will still impact your emotions and behavior. What heals is going inward, loving yourself, accepting yourself, listening to your needs, addressing […]
Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds, But Subconscious Healing Can Read More »
It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it. – Tom Hanks, in “A League of Their Own.” I am not new to the fitness lifestyle. I have been doing workouts five to six
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You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers their best opportunity to disclose themselves. – Grenville Kleiser Over the past few years, one habit
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I lied when I said “I’m fine. I don’t need anyone”. Counter-dependency is exaggerated independence stemming from a fear of depending on other people and an inability to trust others. I am a recovering counter-dependent. On my healing
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I got divorced. There, I admit it. If you ask me why, I could give you a long-winded list of reasons and accusations that made my marriage irreparable – irreconcilable differences, if you will. But when all is
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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs. – Marianne Williamson In all of us, there’s a voice yearning to be heard, a story waiting
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When I was 16, I decided to leave my small hometown of Beaverton, Oregon, where I’d lived since birth, to go overseas and study in New Zealand. I have no idea how I made this decision, or why
Lessons on Fear and Change from Mark Twain and My 10-Year-Old Twins Read More »
“C’mon Dad, it will be fun!” My oldest daughter Bailey kept saying that to me, but I couldn’t get past the feeling I was going to throw up. Two summers ago I was about to turn fifty and
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change. – Barbara Januszkiewicz I grew up like every other teenager of the 80’s and 90’s – watching MTV. I was obsessed with Madonna, moshed my teen spirit with Nirvana, then entered
What Changed When I Stopped Consuming and Started Creating Read More »
“I didn’t know where I was going until I got there.” When we were kids, life was so fun and fresh. Maybe it’s because we dived straight into adventure. Because we didn’t think of success or failure in
When Life Changes, Success Puts on Different Clothes Read More »
The cold office wall held me upright as my breakfast teased the back of my throat. All I could do was focus on my breathing. My boss had booked me to coach a workshop for corporate professionals. She
How I Did Something I Sucked At and Survived Read More »
