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My Lemon Tree

One thing is for sure. You don’t get to grow old without experiencing challenges! The saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” comes to mind. And I have a whole tree of lemons I am relying on to make lemonade! Maybe I have been given lemons to make lemonade. Or maybe I’m supposed toContinue reading “My Lemon Tree”

Imperfect is Perfect

So many times I speak to clients who refer to perfection: “I want it to be perfect before I share it” or “It has to be perfect before I can call it done” So what is perfection, really? Of course, there are so many definitions, but what is it for you? Is it making sureContinue reading “Imperfect is Perfect”

Do you have blind spots?

I was thinking recently about the phrase “the blind spot”. It became a thing probably 20 years ago, but I never really took the time to understand what it meant until I became a life coach. What are blind spots and why do we want to know? A simple answer is that blind spots areContinue reading “Do you have blind spots?”

What does Success mean to you?

I subscribe to a referral program for people who are looking for life coaches. Every day the latest referrals are sent out with a variety of requests from relationship to career help. Today, I read one entry and the person wanted to achieve Success. My first question to this person would be “What is theContinue reading “What does Success mean to you?”

Setting goals

When we were kids, we had goals and we never thought about something getting in the way of the toy we wanted or how high we could stack the blocks. If it was a challenge, we did it anyway. Sometimes we failed and sometimes we succeeded. But the challenge was either met or replaced withContinue reading “Setting goals”

You deserve this

I know, I know. You’re avoiding sweets. But what if you could replace this image with something you truly deserved that would make you happy for much longer than a donut? What would it be? I work with clients every day that don’t have what they want because part of them doesn’t feel like theyContinue reading “You deserve this”

Planting a Seed

Years ago, I had a lovely vegetable garden I played in. I planted beans and peas, tomatoes and peppers and even tried my hand at strawberries but the chipmunks were faster than I was. Each day I would go out and play in the garden, watering and weeding, staking the tomatoes and checking for bugs.Continue reading “Planting a Seed”

Non- thought

We think thousands of thoughts a day! THOUSANDS!!! Only a handful of those are useful. The rest threatened to tamper with our progress by bringing up past events, judgements and comparisons, among other things. As a performer, thoughts can distract and cause me to lose focus to the point of following my chain of thoughtContinue reading “Non- thought”

Perspective

This morning I was playing my favorite word game. I was stuck on a word and kept going back to the same combination of letters. I kept trying to spell the words I’d already used. In other words, I kept creating the same results by using the same patterns. I finally scrambled the letters afterContinue reading “Perspective”

My cat is my greatest teacher

When I took in my dad’s cat in 2018, I had no idea I would learn so much about life from her. And still, in 2022, she is teaching me how to be present. When COVID made us all stay home, I had had her for about a year and a half. I vowed IContinue reading “My cat is my greatest teacher”