Roadblocks
Keep Moving
Opening to Life
Facing my fear
Doing the Dirty Work
My husband and I recently put our house on the market to sell. In preparation to sell our home, we completed various home improvement projects. [Disclaimer: We did not actually complete the home improvement projects ourselves… we asked for help and hired paid professionals to do most of the work!] When all the projects were…
Read MoreWhat’s your excuse?
“I’ve invested too much time. I don’t know what else I would do. It will get better. Everybody else is “doing it”. I’m being a baby… I just need to suck it up and deal with it. This is as good as it’s going to get. I’m being unrealistic. I need to appreciate what I…
Read MoreWhat do you fear most?
I just finished reading a book called “The Great Work of Your Life” by Stephen Cope. He starts the book with the following questions… “What do you fear most in this life? What is your biggest fear? Right now.” When I ask myself these questions, my answer is that I will have not lived fully. That…
Read MorePulling out the weeds
I did some yard work over this past weekend, which involved pulling out the weeds around some of the plants in the front yard. I love pulling weeds. It feels so good to get a hold of the weed and pull it up by its roots. Initially, I found it difficult to differentiate the weeds from…
Read MoreFeel the Fear…and Do “It” Anyway!
Yesterday I attended a great workshop on goal setting. At the beginning of the presentation, the presenter provided some statistics. One of the statistics was that only 8% of people are successful in achieving their new year’s resolutions. The presenter added that this 8% is based on the total number of people who set new year’s resolutions. If…
Read MoreWorking with Fear
Living a truly meaningful and fulfilling life isn’t easy. It’s not without difficulty, challenges, and roadblocks. It’s DEFINITELY not without fear. In fact, living a meaningful and fulfilling life is likely full of fear because it means we are constantly pushing up to and expanding our edge. And the edge is scary. But, this seems…
Read MoreA Full Life
I’m traveling to Denver today to attend another session of my coach training and on the first leg of my flight from Gainesville to Charlotte, had the opportunity to read more of one of the books I’m currently reading “The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth” by M.…
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