Respondability vs. Responsibility

Respondability vs. Responsibility

How did we lose the true meaning of Responsibility? Webster’s meaning is ‘something that you should do because it is morally right, legally required, etc.’ This is based on an outdated model of polarized right and wrong‘…’

Emotions are Helpful Messengers

Emotions are Helpful Messengers

Why is it that so many of us are uncomfortable feeling our emotions? We distract ourselves, focus our energy on other people’s business, or numb ourselves with food, substances, work or television to stay out of feeling what is going on inside of us…

Reframe The Past, Change Your Future

Reframe The Past, Change Your Future

Why do we keep repeating the past over and over in our lives? Most of us made some hard and fast decisions about ourselves and the world in our early lives based on our unique personal experiences. Now, as adults, we continue to project those past decisions into our current reality and into our future expectations based on the meaning we gave them a long time ago…

Knowing + Feeling = Manifesting!

Knowing + Feeling = Manifesting!

What is the secret formula for manifesting what we want? Do we need a golden goose, white magic, or more fervent prayers? I have worked with this both consciously and unconsciously since I was a child and I recently heard it boiled down to this most elegant formula ‘…’

Nothing to Justify

Nothing to Justify

Why do we feel we need to justify ourselves to others including what we want, what we say, and how we do things? Why are we somehow required to offer an explanation to others in order to do what is best for us. . .

Anxiety’s Inner Battle

Anxiety’s Inner Battle

What is it that creates that feeling of ‘anxiety’ inside? Is it really fear’s watered-down cousin, or is there something else going on?

Negative Emotions Give Us Guidance

Negative Emotions Give Us Guidance

Why is it that some situations trigger such BIG negative emotions – even when the situation doesn’t warrant it? It’s like an enormous pool of energy gets tapped when a small hurt happens in our lives. We think we have gotten past it or resolved situations that had us feel scared, angry or hurt, and yet we still feel these big reactions with certain situations or people…

Looking Good Doesn't Work

Looking Good Doesn't Work

Why do we want to look good in the eyes of others? Is there some belief we learned that says if we look good, then we’ll get what we want? Perhaps we learned that looking good means we are good enough to get the approval, love, acceptance and/ or validation that we seek…

From Pain to Purpose

From Pain to Purpose

What do we do when the pain won’t go away? How do we come into ‘right relationship’ with it? For the last 7 years, I have been dealing with …

Making Space for Inner Change

Making Space for Inner Change

Why is it so difficult to change outdated and unconscious behaviors and habits? What keeps us from making the changes we know will help us feel better?

Intention Alone is Not Enough

Intention Alone is Not Enough

Why is it that our good intentions don’t always come to pass? What happens when we decide to change something for the better, and still find ourselves doing or experiencing things the same old way…

Hiding from Ourselves

Hiding from Ourselves

Why do we get so upset when an old painful inner-story or outer-experience pops up again in our lives? We often feel that we have already ‘dealt with it’ and we don’t understand why it keeps coming up over and over again…