When I was a little girl, I had a favorite dress. It was black velvet and had a white vine of leaves down the left side. I LOVED that dress. When I wore it, I felt happy. Here’s a picture of me in 2nd grade wearing it for the class photo. See if you can […]
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About a year and a half ago, I relaunched my coaching business calling it Ripples & Echoes of You. I was uncomfortable about so many things, including calling myself a life coach (life coach? I mean, puh-leeze), putting myself out there, creating a website, marketing, attracting clients, and taking myself seriously. The list goes on,
Why is it so difficult to figure out what’s wrong with a person? A beautiful illustration of this point is on my refrigerator. It’s a cartoon of a man sitting on an examining table in a doctor’s office. There’s a knife sticking out of his back. The doctor looks at him and says, “Hmm…you say
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I’ve been studying Compassionate Inquiry, an approach founded by Dr. Gabor Maté and put together by Sat Dharam Kaur for helping clients recognize belief systems that do not serve them, identify the difference between feelings and perceptions and heal trauma. It’s important to discern between perceptions and feelings because perceptions can be explored, altering your
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It happens every day, more than once. It happened just before I began writing this, and it will happen before I’m finished. Distraction. Jumping back and forth between this and that, making tea, running to the store, taking a victory lap because I wrote a good sentence. I need some water. Calling a friend instead
You might have noticed you didn’t find The Weekly Journal in your inbox for the past two Mondays. Two weeks ago was my birthday and I took a week off. Last week, there was a tragedy in my life; my brother died suddenly of an undiagnosed infection. One day he was here. The next day,
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Be with those who help your being. Don’t sit with indifferent people, whose breath comes cold out of their mouths. Not these visible forms, your work is deeper. A chunk of dirt thrown in the air breaks to pieces. If you don’t try to fly, and so break yourself apart, you will be broken open
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I love the tarot card in the photo of the week*. The first time I drew it, I was in awe of its beauty and sentiment. Patience demonstrated by the cycles of the moon and the nine months it takes to be born. Two phenomenons that cannot be sped along by willpower, desire or throwing
It’s Valentine’s Day. Since today’s festive event focuses on love, and what the world needs now is love, sweet love, I thought this week’s reflection could talk about one kind of eros, romance. With over 323 million people on dating apps in 2021 and projected revenue by 2025 to be 5.71 billion, there sure a
No matter how beneficial, the emotion of guilt is uncomfortable. For instance, when you’ve done something you wish you hadn’t or said something you wish you didn’t or when you didn’t do or say something you wish you had. The feeling of guilt rises within and it’s everything you can do to stay in your
