Inner Attorney What would happen if we fired our inner attorney – you know that guy or gal inside of us who starts building a big dramatic case as soon as someone doesn’t behave the way we think they should. The attorney is amazing at coming up with all kinds of reasons why we are […]
Life or death, curses or blessings
Life or death, curses or blessings Probably the simplest way to look at it is ~ we are either pronouncing words of life over ourselves or words of death. We are either cursing ourselves or blessing ourselves. This includes what we say out loud, what we think, and what the little voices in our heads […]
An impossible position
An impossible position Whenever we try to be responsible for another person – their happiness, their success, their mood, their well-being – we are setting ourselves up to suffer. We are putting ourselves in an impossible position because we are not in charge of that other person’s brain. We don’t have the power to make […]
Don’t indulge
Don’t indulge A client of mine recently told me that she hears my voice in her head saying, “don’t indulge” when she’s tempted to fall into self-pity. Self-pity, or any other form of feeling lousy, is an indulgence. We don’t ever “have to” feel that way. We choose to. And when we choose to indulge […]
Time to reevaluate
How in the heck did pouting get started?
How in the heck did pouting get started? I’ve seen a lot of pouting lately, both adults and younger people. And all of these recent sightings have been at events that are fun. This got me to thinking about how weird and crazy us humans are sometimes. I know that I have never pouted myself […]