Words of Wisdom

The Importance of Taking a Vacation

This post is about allowing ourselves a vacation. My idea of a great vacation is when I don’t have a lot to do. It looks like this: lying around on the beach with my husband, where the temperature is 75 degrees and the ocean not much colder, looking at a ...

A Small Exercise You Can Do When You’re Feeling Stuck

Many people seek me out as a coach because they’re not sure what they want to do in life or they’ve been doing something (usually it’s their job) that they don’t enjoy any longer. Most people want to be able to do what they love. But often, they have ...

Appreciating The Fruits of Our Labor

Today is Labor Day, and it’s a day of rest for many of us, a day to reflect on the fruits of our labors. As we move from summer to Indian summer, the cornucopia of life appears on our dining tables in the form of fresh fruit, corn, vegetables, ...

Making The Most of Our Small Moments

This post highlights a truism about our lives. In the grand scheme of things, we are here for a brief moment in time. Our lives often seem like a long adventure, but compared to the age of our sun, or the amount of time the young redwood trees in ...

Observing What’s Not Your Ego

This post is about how do deal with your ego. I recall when my website was redesigned and I started blogging. I had resisted blogging for quite awhile for a few reasons. One, because I didn’t like it when people started a blog and and then didn’t keep it up. ...

Doing Things Simpler, Easier and Better

This post is about doing things simpler, easier, and better. A new attitude cropped up after a recent weekend on silent retreat. If you have nothing to do but just sit and “be” and you remain quiet enough, you begin to see how simple things really are and how ...

Good Ways To Neutralize Defensiveness and Blame

Here is a post that starts with a re-print from a post I wrote in 2004 about being defensive. The rest of the post explores the partnership defensiveness and blame and ways to neutralize these feelings. “Try not to be defensive. We often find this stance is our knee-jerk ...

The Importance of Expanding How We See the World By Changing Our Routines

This post is about doing things differently so we open ourselves up to new possibilities. Years ago I traveled to the East Coast presenting sales and customer service training to a client’s branch offices. One experience stands out and forms the heart of this post: the importance of getting away ...

How We Huddle When Things Get Hard

This post is about how we huddle together when times get really hard. I recall watching a football game once when one of the players vaulted over another player and fell hard into the end zone from five feet in the air onto his neck and head. In ...

Effective Ways to Deal With Stress

This post is about effective ways to deal with stress. Lately, many of my clients are going through a particularly stressful time so I thought it would be useful to understand more about what’s actually happening to us when we become too stressed. Here is an excerpt about the chemistry ...

The Value of Great Teamwork – what instrument do you play?

This post is about the value of great teamwork and what makes a terrific band. My husband and I went to see some musicians perform this past week. Watching them play reminded both of us of the beauty of great teamwork. This version is written by my husband. He’s ...

The Magic of Abundance

The post is about abundance. Look around you. What do you see? Do you have everything you need? Do you have everything you want? What is the difference? Are you grateful for what you have, or do you find yourself constantly longing for what you don’t? Recently, I’ve been ...

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