It’s Friday and I am all about the fun… but first a semi-serious question: What would it take to make you happy, right here, right now? I had a bit of an aha this week when I realized I’d been telling myself a story about my own personal happiness. Even life coaches can sometimes sing the […]
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Anxiety / Change / gratitude / Relationships
Do you need an anti-depressant? I think we all do!
I’ve just finished the book, Lost Connections, about the “real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions” the author, Johann Hari found in his exhaustive investigative work on the subject. If you are anything like me (and my hunch is, you are, or you wouldn’t be reading this) your life has been touched by someone […]
Anxiety / gratitude / Relationships
Look for the helpers
This morning I woke up excited about the day ahead of me. I sat in my gratitude chair (yep- I’ve got a chair for gratitude time) and meditated and journaled about the class I would teach tomorrow- the class on finding joy through the practice of journaling. And then I looked at my phone. And […]
Anxiety / Change / Empty Nest / Parenting / Relationships
Do You Like to Look Ahead?
“I wonder what’s around the bend…” That’s the thought I noticed while on my silent walk last weekend. I was none too pleased when Jackie Gartman announced that our morning hike would be a quiet one. It was the first full day of our coaches retreat and my extroverted, connector self was buzzing with conversations I […]