What Calls You? There comes a time when we heed a certain call When the world must come together as one. That was the call that the social activist and musician Harry Belafonte heard. Millions of people were dying because of the famine in Africa. By 1985 he knew he had to take action and reached out to Michael…
Category: change
You Have More Power than you Realize
You have more Power than you Realize In our life coaching session yesterday, let’s just call him, Fred was ambivalent about beginning a new phase in his relationship with his partner. Fred loved his partner and believed that this relationship was right for him. They had been together for over two years. Yet Fred resisted going deeper because he had…
An Uncertain Challenge
The world is changing faster than it has ever before. Perhaps our biggest challenge is how to make peace with an uncertain future that seems to become increasingly uncertain by the minute. That uncertainty is there in almost all facets of our lives—our safety, our finances, our health, and our sense of wellbeing. The rapid technological changes contribute to this…
Break the Hypnotic Habit of Negative Thinking
Break the Hypnotic Habit of Negative Thinking Take a break from the hypnotic habit of negative thinking, from our negative voice. Like most people I’m sure you hear it—the voice of judgment, the inner critic that keeps repeating some version of the theme that you’re not good enough, or it won’t work, or why did you do that? I think…
The Deer in the Headlights
I wasn’t sure what to call this story. You’ll see why in a minute. It’s really about handling adversity, not only handling it, but thriving. Most of us are familiar with the phrase in the title—that moment when you freeze, that moment when you’re unable to respond. It’s usually not an actual deer in the road, although sometimes it is,…
What we Tell Ourselves
We learn from all of our experiences and from everyone we meet, although at the time we might not realize the impact they have on us. I love stories. My kindergarten teacher, Ms. Burdette, was one of the best storytellers I’ve ever heard and I’ve met some great ones. In many ways she was my first life teacher. She always…
The Most Important Question you can ask Yourself
We ask questions all the time, although we might not think of them in that way. When we think about the future, what comes to mind for many is the uncertainty that we will be facing—the we includes ourselves, the world we live in and all those loose ends. Because our temperaments are slightly different, we handle these concerns differently.…
