From the category archives:

Transformation & Evolution

How to Be Your Own Fear-Whisperer

I’ve been saying for years that fear & resistance are the hardest things to work with in yourself because they have the power to shut off your thinking brain, and once that happens you can no longer work with them effectively on your own. Yet, at the same time, I absolutely KNOW that it IS [...]

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Its Not Easy Being Seen

For many of us, the thought of putting ourselves out there in the marketplace can be as appealing as jumping out of an airplane. That was certainly what it felt like for me back when I started promoting my coaching business in 1999. However, it turned out that knowing WHAT to do was only half [...]

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When Your Resistance Isn’t Yours

My definition of resistance is anything, in us or in our life, that pushes back when we try to move forward. When it happens, it’s so easy to feel like resistance is “your fault” no matter where it’s coming from. But there’s a very subtle category of resistance that LOOKS like it coming from inside [...]

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JUST Eliminate Fear… yeah, right!

I saw this extremely helpful suggestion in a blog post today. It was number 1 out of 2 helpful tips for overcoming procrastination. It said: “Eliminate Your Fear” Oh, THANKS! Is that ALL?! I’ll get right on that… HA! This makes me cringe, growl and laugh out loud, all at the same time. If we [...]

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Love is a Safe Place to Bloom

(Author’s note: This post is part of the Love Sparks Blogging Festival with contributions by over 30 writers. You’ll find a link at the bottom of this post to check out more of the Love Sparks goodness!) How would you pick Love out of a line-up? Would you look for a feeling? A colour? A [...]

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Being With Egypt in our Hearts

Today’s post feels a little risky to me because I’m outing myself on a couple of fronts. But in light of all the unrest around the world right now, sharing this feels too important to let my personal concerns stop me, so here goes… I want to talk about our deep levels of connection with [...]

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The Girl Effect: Bringing more voices to the table

Oppression comes in many forms. For the past 10 days I’ve been moved and inspired by the (over 150!) blog posts contributed to The Girl Effect Blogging Campaign started by Tara Sophia Mohr. Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliot, started by sharing about her time in Afghanistan working with a human rights agency, then finished 3 posts [...]

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How Fast Can You Let Your Story Go?

It’s so easy to get caught up in our stories! The ones about who we are, how life is, how others treat us, how successful (or not) we are…and on and on. I can easily get triggered into one of my stories and lose a whole evening harrumphing around in it – like I did [...]

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The Quickening

Do you feel it? Something is definitely in the air right now. I’m seeing and hearing it in people all around me, seeing it in myself. At first I thought it was just me. In September a series of aha moments started to slowly change the very foundations of my work and what I want [...]

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Beyond Repression – Making Space for Your Irrational Beauty

. . . Today, as I continue from last week’s post taking apart the Jekyll & Hyde image of self-discipline, I want to talk about the remarkable parts of you that are trying to get your attention and move you toward a more beautiful wholeness. Classic “Jekyll & Hyde” self-discipline is about constant repression of [...]