At my daughter’s soccer game, the parents sitting on the sidelines began to chat about children and patience. I have always struggled with patience. I once read in a numerology book based on my birthday that “I often wait for my ship to come in before it’s even taken sail.” …

“This is my secret. I don’t mind what happens”. Eckhart Tolle  This morning as I was walking, I heard a conversation between two neighbors. One said, “it’ll work out” and then followed by saying, “or it won’t” – then they both laughed. I walked past them and smiled.  We all…

Life is confusing. Sometimes our discomfort is showing us we are on the right path. We are facing our fears and growing. Other times, our discomfort is telling us this is wrong and something needs to change. Similar feelings yet completely different realizations and actions. If I have learned anything…

“Curiosity is more important then knowledge.” Albert Einstein Many years ago when I signed up for my first coaching certification course, I was introduced to the idea of starting sessions with the question, “what is going well”? This was an opportunity for the person to shift their focus away from…

A few weeks ago it was raining on a Sunday morning and we took our kids to see a movie and then to brunch. When the waiter came around and asked if I wanted anything to drink, he said something like, “yes, you earned this!” This is not the first…

I cannot tell you the amount of times I have wondered, “why am I attracting the same experiences again?” or passionately said, “ I already know this and have moved passed it!” to yet again meet the same old experience. There is a stopping, starting and repeating cycle that happens…

When I was young I often felt out of place. Like I didn’t fit in anywhere. This is common for most people. There is a feeling that you don’t belong and rather than find what does feel right to you, we make ourselves wrong.    As in, “I need to…

“Let your envy teach you something about what is possible for you.” In my mid-twenties I worked as the director of events at a holistic retreat venue and I was constantly meeting new people. Because of the style and location of the venue many clients were artists, healers, spiritually inclined,…

They say time flies when you are having fun and I want to add time flies when you have make space for YOU. Over the past few years I have gotten really good at making time for myself. Taking time alone and discovering (practicing) what I love is the essence…

It is possible to grow your capacity to feel joy. It is also possible to grow your capacity to feel stress. Each feeling we experience is part of a whole. That means that we are not ever 100% happy or joyful or 100% depressed or anxious. It may feel this…