Fear and excitement are the same emotion – one is equated with a sharp inhale which is held indefinitely, cutting off the supply of oxygen to the brain, which then mandates fight, flight or freeze. The other emotion is represented by a long and thorough exhale (sometimes quiet and serene, sometimes noisy and uninhibited). On... Learn More

Let's say that I've finally snapped that the only person who was ever around when my life went into the dumpster was me. Step one. Step two, figure out what my behavior was right before my life went south. Eg: When someone said something I deemed as 'bone-headed', I felt compelled to disabuse them of... Learn More

The other morning I had a chat with Sharlene Bozeman, and, half in jest, she said, "I want to be fixed!" I know that phrase personally and all too well. I usually say it with resignation and/or despair. It's also usually said when I have made a mountain out of a molehill (Again) or behaved in... Learn More

Last Saturday I was sitting at A Moveable Feast (my Fav Restaurant) with Sherry Merritt, talking about expanding her coaching practice. We had a nice, quiet table in the corner, chatting away. Two young girls came in and settled in the booth next to ours, managing to occupy about 90% of the space in the... Learn More

The scientific medical community has discovered that "thinking neurons," previously believed to exist only in the brain, actually exist around the heart organ, as well as in the gut. The internal conflict between my mind and my heart/gut is the dispute/war that is important for me to win – not just the war, but each... Learn More

Several folks referred to the last post, and basically asked, "Yes, but HOW?" (do you shift from an intellectual understanding of a concept to a visceral understanding – actually effecting change.) On my post of July 13, 2012, I wrote about the "flipping point" – that point in time when we've "had enough" of repeating... Learn More