My daughter and I went to Michaels a few days ago to buy yarn. She has discovered the art of making crochet beanies and wants to give them away for Christmas. What was supposed to be a pleasant shopping experience turned into a major ordeal. The parking lot was...
“You are the world, and the world is you.” -Jiddu Krishnamurti I was driving along Pacific Coast Highway the other day on my way to meet a client, when I realized that I had carried the dream of this drive in my soul my whole life. In that moment I...
People and their emotions affect us. Whether you are working in an office, sitting in a coffee house, or visiting friends, you’ll be impacted by other people’s positive or negative feelings. Have you ever experienced how talking to someone upset can...
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” ~Abraham Maslow Coaching yourself is quite different from working with a coach. In self coaching a new degree of intensity and discipline is added to the process. The outside...
We connect with people through words and often those words are misunderstood, argued with and judged. If you learn to speak with appreciation and positive regard, eliminating criticism, pressure or blame from your language, you’ll be one of the few to reach...
Having a rough time? Not happy with the way things are going? Dreaming of a better planet and more pleasant human beings? Here’s the deal: There’ll always be something in life to p*#@ you off. One way or another things will rub you the wrong way, disrupt...
