(dis) R…E…S…P…E…C…T There are two flavors of upset: you hurt my feelings and you dissed me ~ disrespected, dishonored, disapproved, discounted, disregarded, devalued, wasted my time, disloyal. This Dose addresses being dissed. Being dissed usually creates resentment and anger. It can also easily lead to a decrease of action and a “why bother” attitude. We […]
Slave Mentality
Slave Mentality The other day a client referred to the Bible story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for 40 years before being able to enter the promised land. They were not allowed to enter the promised land until all those who lacked belief in God’s word and promises had died off. These people […]
Demon of doubt be gone
Mistakes and Forgiveness
Mistakes and Forgiveness We’ve all made mistakes and poor decisions. We have all had things that didn’t go as planned. And chances are very good that when these things happened, we didn’t wake up that morning and ask ourselves, “How can I really screw up today and the rest of my life? How can I […]
Entitled to their opinion
Entitled to their opinion Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion – even if we don’t agree with it. A differing opinion doesn’t mean that other person is stupid, wrong, or a troll. People often forget this. And, it seems to be getting worse with the ramp up to the presidential race. Here’s […]
Legal rights and self-condemnation
Legal rights and self-condemnation Imagine that we have to go get a permit anytime we want to change ourselves and that the permitting process happens court room style. So there we are in court submitting our proposal to do better in business and then the prosecutor pulls out this long list of times and dates […]
Past Present Future
Past Present Future A reader request: Would you please talk about being/living in the moment, for this day and not ruminating about the past. I would like to hear your thoughts about mistakes or difficult things that have happened in the past and the ineffectiveness of dwelling on them. ~ Here you go Debby: Throughout the […]
Stop Believing The Lies
I imagine that somewhere along the line you have looked into a fun house mirror ~ one of those mirrors that totally distorts your reflection and makes your body look ridiculously out of proportion. When you do this, you don’t believe what you see. You know it is a distortion. You know it is a […]