Do you eat something because you are seeking comfort? Often my clients will tell me they ate something to feel better. It is usually some sort of food that most dieters would consider “forbidden food.” When I ask my clients how they felt afterwards, they said they felt uncomfortable, hazy, heavy, tired, or drugged out. […]
What are you really hungry for – food or something else?
Summer is coming, what are your plans for the summer? Are you dreading what you will wear, if you will go to pool parties? Is that how you want to live? I have lost 23 pounds and not by going on a DIET or by strict workouts. Instead I have tuned into my body to […]
Believe or not to believe
In my coaching world, I hear “change your thoughts to change your life” a lot. Yet clients often tell me that they have already been trying to be positive, but still can’t seem to make any real lasting changes in their lives. I commonly hear things like: Why can’t I seem to lose weight? Why […]
Random House Holiday Book Basket
Random House and I are in partnership again this year offering the FREE “Holiday Book Basket.” This free batch of books will include a selection of their most popular titles of 2009 along with a collection of holiday themed books, including the most famous holiday book ever, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! To enter the […]
Are you a Possibility Seeker?
I am! I am always looking for the possibilities that exist outside of mainstream thought. Many of us believe there are the standard solutions in life. But I always ask myself “is there more? Is there something else? Is there another way?” What I have found are many different ways to do things and plenty […]
Finding Your Own North Star
It has been a while since I posted. Summer has been full and busy. Now school has started for the kids, fall is on it’s way and life has quieted down a bit. I hope your summer was fabulous. Mine was amazing, full and busier then ever. I will be posting some of the things […]
Where is the magic in your life?
A few weeks ago I stopped and realized my life was magical. The things I wanted to feel were happening in my life. So I started posting “my life is magical” on my facebook status. Each day I would stop and pay attention and again realize the magic in my life. Well after a while […]
Poodle skirts
Last week I was coaching a client and we were discussing her business. She was feeling a tremendous amount of financial stress. So off we went to work on her thoughts about what was going on. We got to a better thought of “There are opportunities for my business.” At first she was a bit […]
Through our children’s eyes
Today we have a guest blogger, Sonja Alarr. Sonja is a fab woman and mother of two. I met her in my Martha Beck Life Coach program. I loved her writing and wanted to share it with you. Even though Sonja is not a techno gal we are still able to share her wonderful insights […]
Our brain
Do you wonder why some people have success in their lives and others don’t? Last week I interviewed Stanford Professor Carol Dweck and Michael Port. Both of them have different backgrounds. Professor Dweck is a social psychologist with research interests in motivation, personality, and development and Michael Port is a trained actor turned successful businessman. […]