Tag: transformational coaching

The Importance of Being “Trauma Informed”

The Importance of Being “Trauma Informed”

It’s a difficult topic that’s so important, I’m rewriting it from last year. When people carry the scars of trauma, it’s often an invisible wound that doesn’t heal. As the quote from William Faulkner implies, people who survive trauma may feel they are living with the wounds every day. But there’s positive change across the […]

How To Release Self-Limiting Patterns

How To Release Self-Limiting Patterns

It was a powerful moment when the group recognized how patterns from their past affect them in the present. These are the unspoken fears, negative self-perceptions or insecurities that we all have. In fact, it was stunning to realize that this is common for most everyone. People often think they are alone with these thoughts. In truth, most […]

THE BENEFITS OF OUTRAGE

THE BENEFITS OF OUTRAGE

This is not about politics, despite what it looks like, it’s about contrast and how outrage motivates social and personal change. The events with the election, the inauguration and the women’s march has galvanized a huge surge of energy that has taken on meaning. When people organize around what they don’t want, the contrast of […]

WHERE’S YOUR ATTENTION – How’s It Working For You?

WHERE’S YOUR ATTENTION – How’s It Working For You?

What a strange time. Change is all around us and where we put our attention seems to be having an instant impact. The political upheaval is taking a toll, its polarizing impact affecting us all. As a result, emotions are swinging wildly from contented happiness to agitated anger, from peaceful calm to unsettled distress. The […]

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? There’s a Better Way!

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? There’s a Better Way!

For the past 16 years, I’ve had a New Year’s ritual that gives me great satisfaction. Instead of thinking about making New Year resolutions, I review the events of the past year, assessing what I’ve liked and accomplished along with where the flow of my life wants to go next. It’s a process that helps me […]

Noticing the TRUE GIFTS of the holidays

Noticing the TRUE GIFTS of the holidays

It can feel like running a gauntlet to get through the obligations of the holidays. It requires a determined decision to avoid the rampant commercialism and constant commotion to create something more meaningful. Each year we realigned our priorities to make it more poignant. Now that we are in the quiet days between Christmas and […]