Misunderstood humility “Humility” tends to be a word that confuses people. It does not mean to be a doormat, or self-denigrating, or low self-esteem. Humble people do not seek or desperately need the approval of others. So, they do what they do without making a big deal of it. Humble people can appreciate and enjoy […]
Reminding you
May 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Reminding you I received a thank you card today. “Thank you for reminding me who I am, what I have, and what to do with it!” Wow!!! She nailed my job description – to remind you that you are amazing, wonderful, talented, loved, capable, and a much loved child of God – that you already […]
The wrong to-do list
August 31, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The wrong to-do list The temptation is to fill our schedules with action items that are in our comfort zone. This gives us a mock sense of accomplishment because we can point to all that we got done. But ultimately, this doesn’t support us in becoming the person we want to be or in achieving […]
Slingshotting the voices of negativity
August 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Slingshotting the voices of negativity In outer space movies, they slingshot (definition below) the planet to create greater velocity. We can slingshot the voices of negativity to create greater velocity. How do we do this? #1 turn up our awareness so that we notice the voices of negativity #2 remember that those voices are […]
Don’t indulge
July 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Parrot Coaching
September 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Parrot Coaching If I got a parrot and taught it to say, “Based on these results, what must you believe?”, the parrot would be able to do part of my job for me. Our behaviors (no matter how strange) and our results (no matter how disappointing) always make perfectly good sense when we understand the […]
GTD
August 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two schools of leadership/ parenting/ supporting
June 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two schools of leadership/ parenting/ supporting Is our fundamental premise that people are incompetent and need to be managed, prodded, motivated, and controlled or do people need to be unleashed and supported? The former creates dependency and hesitation. The latter creates independence and confidence. If you have created dependent people in your life then a […]
Bye Yogi
September 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
World’s Quickest Coaching School
May 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
4 part curriculum 1. Ask for permission to coach – otherwise you are being rude and presumptuous. 2. Remember that any possible issue, problem, or challenge that a person can have is simply a symptom of them not fully loving, accepting, and approving of themselves ~ exactly as they are. ALWAYS! So the work to […]
