The gains in letting go

All our lives may be charted as a series of “letting go” experiences.  Sometimes we choose and let go graciously, often we are forced to let go and most often of all, we let go by...

Freedom: Moving through self-hatred

I failed yesterday. I missed a conference call with two esteemed clients and friends. Irrelevant is the fact that a minor crisis interrupted my morning. The missed call, while unacceptable, wasn’t the...

Man-up, Step-up. Woman-up: Take your attention

Where does your attention go?  Is it a homing pigeon roosting in the trifling things that are “wrong”?  Does it land on the gossipy or “dish the dirt”? Does it take you higher, to the “big...

Dancing from dark to light

”Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness.” – Dan MillmanWhat’s this mean?Dealing with the darkness means being with the pain, the shame, the discomfort, the suffering or...

Barely breathing: A case study in competing commitments

What is possible when we transform the language of complaint to the language of commitment? Yesterday, a client who sent a desperate email request for a session signed Barely Breathing had a...

Presence: An invitation to courage

We speak lightly of Presence so often – in working with ourselves, in working with our clients. Yet, we don’t often think of it as the key to developing courage! This morning as this quote came across...

Shearing through limiting beliefs

The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can’t.  So what’s it going to be? Are you attaching to your very sticky, very clingy limiting beliefs...

Language reveals our reality: Food for thought

The other day, two friends were discussing current projects at work. I listened to their conversation with curiosity. Joe described his project as “a battle” while Karen used “a journey” to describe...

Tracking intimacy: Getting close to your partner

Do your relationships feel stale? Are you wondering where intimacy is hibernating? Are you experiencing the “blahs” when you long to feel engaged, engrossed and connected? The sparkle may have fizzled...

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