My mentor, Christine Kane suggests that, instead of making New Year’s Resolutions for lofty goals that are impossible to keep, you consider picking a word to guide you throughout the year. She recommends that you choose a word that supports the intention for what you want to be more of in your life. I have been using Christine’s Word for the...
Read MoreHow To Be a Hero
What story are you telling? For the last two years I have been angry and resentful about the care I received after my open heart surgery that left me with an ugly and painful keloid scar. I wrote letters asking the doctor to take responsibility and pay for a scar revision but was denied. When I finally heard myself telling my story out loud, I realized...
Read MoreNo Cost Self-Care
Self-Care doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborate. It doesn’t have to be a day at the spa or a lavish dinner out. Even the simplest acts of taking care of yourself will bring great benefit to you. So many of my clients spend hours in front of their computers. Most do not even think to take a break for anything more than a quick bite to eat or a run to...
Read MoreSparked by SARK: Delight Yourself First
Delight Yourself First That’s the message that writer, artist, color queen SARK shared this past weekend at the annual Coaching Conference at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts in Tempe. Don’t just write a list of to-do’s, make the activity fun and exciting and delightful. If you want to go to Europe, she said, instead of writing...
Read MoreRunning with Mentors
They say that if you are a runner and want to improve your speed, you should run with someone faster than you. That the competition will motivate you, challenge you, inspire you to be better, faster, stronger. My dream is to write my book about living creatively, travel around the country in my RV to book-signings and speaking engagements and lead guest...
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