Life Coaching & Career Coaching
Enoughness vs. Not Enoughness: Let’s Call a Truce
Much has been said about enoughness and its flip-side, not enoughness. Not surprisingly, I’m kind of partial to the subject, and not just because it shows up often in my therapy and coaching work with women. I also have my own vivid memory of a long ago scrawl on a crumpled piece of paper, my…
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Journaling for Self Care: You’re Invited to Free Seasonal Gatherings
Greetings Wise Women! Come fill your well through the magic of reflective writing and journaling for self-care. If you’re a woman who wants to explore journaling for self-care and self-nurturing, there is a place for you here. During our free seasonal gatherings we focus on… • journaling for self-compassion and emotional well-being • writing as…
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7 Life Paradoxes to Help You Feel Better
Not long ago I bought a book of Zen koans. It was an impulse purchase, and I snatched it up without thinking much about it. It seemed like the perfect resource guide for these ambiguous, ambivalent times we’re living in. I’ve read that koans are helpful for understanding the paradoxical aspects of reality. And even…
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Your Wild and Precious Life: It’s Okay to be Uncertain
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Somewhere along the way you may have come upon this question before. It’s the final line in Mary Oliver’s famous poem, The Summer Day. Oliver’s words have been quoted on so many websites and blogs during the past decade that…
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The Mindful Way Through Compare and Despair
Compare and despair. You’ve probably experienced that, right? That moment when you compare something about yourself or your life to someone else’s. In that moment you might find yourself tunneling down into uncomfortable feelings of distress and dismay, perhaps even edging toward a kind of despair. Something gets triggered for you, or you sense something’s missing about…
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