How many times have you had the same lousy situation happen to you? You know, the same crappy job after job, “failed” relationships, money problems.
What would you say if I told you there were no failures in life? You would probably rattle off to me a list of all the failures you ... Views: 5710
My Mom is an alcoholic.
Words that were so hard for me to say out loud. It was forbidden to say it at home and the words seemed stuck. For years we pretended everything was great with our little perfect family. Dad made good money, they traveled, socialized every weekend, had nice cars and a ... Views: 3947
W hen I was a kid I couldn't understand how my alcoholic Mother could " do this to me".
I used to say " What kind of a Mother would treat her kids this way?" From the embarrassment of her being on the kitchen floor during a dinner party with her friends as my dad hissed at her "get up!" to ... Views: 801
Last week I emotionally emerged from a 6-month cocoon. We had moved to a new home, I had started a new job, gave many workshops, took a class and continued to run my Coaching practice.
Getting together with friends and family was inconceivable, if not downright inconvenient. They may have had ... Views: 751
When was the last time you stomped, wiggled, jiggled, hipped, hopped, snapped, shimmied, shook, slid, glided, smiled and laughed? I do this every Friday night and it has become my Godsend. Last month I wrote about having fun in the summer and I am going to tell you my experience in taking my own ... Views: 746
The Woman in White
I wrote briefly in my last article that my Father had been seeing “shadows” of people that weren’t there. He caught them out of the corner of his eye as it flashed by. This happened in different rooms at different times of the day.
One day this past month he called me ... Views: 707
I can stop analyzing, assuming and making up stories about other people now. I can save all that energy for me and not waste it on things that probably aren’t even true. My coach shared the secret that helped create all this space and energy for me with something she told me ... Views: 682