I often work with clients on fears that are undermining their self-confidence. We release the fears and what’s related to them, but it can also help to understand the mechanism of fear itself. A common reaction is to resent the fears and the effect they have on you, which means …
Does saying something make it true?
When she was little, my daughter Bri had a friend who taught me a wonderful lesson. Bri was 3 or 4 at the time and the friend was a year younger. The friend would look at her, dressed as she was in this picture, and say, “You’re not wearing …
3 Common Detours on the Path of Growth
I clearly remember being a young child and seeing a group of high school students and thinking, “I’ll NEVER be that big!” I couldn’t even picture what I would look like or imagine being able to do the things those kids were doing. Yet somehow I did grow up. And …
Can You Love the Dirt You’re In?
There’s a wonderful saying that, when a seed sprouts, the first thing to come up is not the plant, but the dirt it has to push out of the way. Just like for that seed, when you choose to grow, to live a bigger expression of you, there will be …
Are You Taking a Break or Distracting Yourself?
As a business owner, there are bound to be times when you feel overwhelmed, stressed and strung out. When you just want to escape. When you just need a break. When this happens, you might turn to: Food TV Computer games Facebook Exercise Alcohol Or anything else that gets …
Celebrating YOU!
As an entrepreneur, it’s so easy to get focused on how much you haven’t gotten done. There are always a thousand things on your to-do list. Your mind is filled with things like answering emails, taking care of money, finding new clients, creating content, doing what you do with clients …
Releasing Resistance
Last week I talked about resisting resistance in response to an interview Oprah did with author Steven Pressfield. If you missed it, you can read the post here. This week, we’re looking more in-depth at what happens when we’re in fight mode and how to be . I used …
Resisting Resistance: Thoughts on Oprah’s Interview with Steven Pressfield
Have you heard of author Steven Pressfield? I hadn’t until someone shared the link to an interview he did with Oprah about his book titled, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. You can watch the interview here. The conversation centers on dealing with resistance. …
Are You Feeling Powerless?
Working with entrepreneurs, I often help clients clear feelings of being powerless. The kind of thing that makes you hesitate before you make a decision, send an email or really promote a launch. That gives you an underlying feeling of, “What’s the use? It’s not going to make a …
Four Keys to Being Tremendous
Tremendous. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think of you. Even if I don’t know you personally, something I know about you is that you are tremendous. Tremendously beautiful, tremendously wise, tremendously funny, tremendously clear, tremendously strong, tremendously loving – tremendously tremendous. You don’t believe me, …