Changing Your Physical Space
“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”
~ Henry Ford
I have spent most of my life surrounded by clutter. Piles of unfiled receipts, financial statements, projects, articles, books, unused clothes, and kitchen appliances we barely use have occupied our living spaces. For a long time, I had spent more time avoiding my clutter than considering there might be another way. Avoidance is a self-directed brain skill. If avoidance is your strategy, your brain does exactly what you tell it to do. It figures out how to avoid fixing the clutter. We have all kinds of messes we avoid because we tell ourselves there isn’t time, resources or energy to solve.
Hitting Home: Breast Cancer, Part 2
Sometimes irony can be divine intervention in disguise. That’s what happened to me on the road to finding a new gynecologist. My health insurance changed and my current gynecologist fell out of network. Time to find a new one.
After a search of “in network” options, I met with a well-respected female physician in my community. During the first visit she quickly signaled she was listening and had done her homework by reviewing my past records before our appointment. It was a pleasant visit. I liked her and her staff. Little did I know at the time that a “perfect storm” was just days away from upending my life. A few days later, the women’s mammogram center called. There was a problem with my annual mammogram, and I needed to come back immediately for more testing. The cancer storm had arrived.
Read MoreHitting Home: Breast Cancer, Part 1
After much deliberation, I have decided to speak out about my breast cancer. I was diagnosed earlier this year and have been reluctant to reveal it because I was afraid it might be a distraction. However, October is breast cancer awareness month and the time has come to share my story.
Looking Back To Go Forward
As we start a new year, my coaching clients and I are reviewing their progress since they began a coaching program with me. Over the years, I have come to appreciate that progress unrecognized is progress lost. Even my clients who have been in coaching as little as three months have made impressive inroads in the areas of stress management, exercise, movement, rest and nutrition.
Coaching is first and foremost a transformative process where obstacles are on-ramps for new perspectives, a mindful experience that allows clients to
Read MoreIn Hard Times, Making Things Last
The other day I was at a patio store buying new covers for my patio furniture. The owner mentioned no one was buying new furniture anymore. Instead he said, “Customers were just buying new cushions and umbrellas. Of late, shoppers were looking to
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