Don’t think you’re the only one wondering how to do something you hate doing. We’re all in this together. No matter how ideal your life has become, there are things you have to do that you simply don’t want to do! So many of us turn into massive flakes at this point. We often disappoint others in the process but […]

Sitting in the hot tub tonight, something hit me. A massive, healing wave of relief came over me, after days of ruminating about how much I hate people. I hate people. I hate my life. It’s been a source of shame for me. Social anxiety. Avoiding people – just wanting to be left alone, period. And then I stay up […]

For most of us, most of the time, acceptance represents a change. A big one. In all my years of coaching, one thing has been consistent: Unless you acknowledge and accept a problem, you cannot change it. Often, nothing more is necessary in order to get what you want. We can desire things so intensely that we resist our current […]

Course in Miracles Lesson 3 I do not understand anything I see ( in this room, out the window, etc .). Again, we simply take a moment or two to look around and say, “I do not understand this pillow. I do not understand this cat. I do not understand this hand.” Well, I did that. And it helped to […]

As I suspected in my first post on the Course in Miracles, the philosophy follows the concept of nothing means anything with I give meaning to everything. Cool. This is a common ground for me, coming from a neuro-linguistic programming background. In NLP, we suggest there is no inherent meaning to anything and thus take the ability to reframe reality […]

Nothing I see means anything. This is the first principle mentioned in the book, The Course in Miracles Experiment. It comes with an experiment to look around for one minute. With each thing you see, remind yourself that it doesn’t mean anything. Ok, I did it. That fan doesn’t mean anything. This computer doesn’t mean anything. Those fingers don’t mean […]

This post isn’t some collection of platitudes. It’s my own little productivity secret for feeling joyful while getting stuff done. The inspiration for this post comes from the iNLP Center Post: How to Feel Good All Day – Use this Simple To-Do List Formula. Let’s get right to it. The first step is to forget all about to-do lists. Throw […]

Journaling in the morning sets you up to have the day you want, so the following positivity journaling technique is going to be awesome. It’s a template or short series of positive journaling prompts. The method is easy to use – just read each prompt and write what comes to mind – stream of consciousness style – afterward. Note: Journal […]

My daughter recently tagged my on Facebook with a question about people who claim not to have an inner monologue. No inner voice? Here are the initial question and my earth-shattering reply. I’m dying to open a conversation with you… …about your experience with clients & how it relates to this article Thought it would be fun to open the […]

In this post, we’ll use the four cartesian questions to solve a problem. You will learn what are the Cartesian questions and how to use them. Ready? The Four Cartesian Questions I’m going to give you a real-life example of Cartesian questions in action. Let’s use them to attempt to resolve a personal issue, such as weight loss. How can […]