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The S Word: Cracking Spirituality
Spirituality. It's been a buzz word in popular culture for over a century, inspiring myriads of books, movies, and philosophies, as well as curiosity, skepticism, and, even, fear in those left out of ...
Are You Worse Than a Bad Broken Record? Updating Your Self-Talk Playlist
A few months ago I wrote about the song of the summer, Lady Gaga's “Born This Way.” At its height, the song was somewhat of my anthem—I played it on repeat for weeks. But now that Gagapalooza has di ...
Why You Absolutely, Positively Cannot Do It Alone (and Shouldn’t Want To)
If you're like me—alternating between your electronic devicecs at any given moment—you may feel like you have batteries, not blood, in your veins. Our fast-paced, high-tech culture has programmed us t ...
Enjoy the Show: 3 Ways to Rock Your Life and Love Every Minute
Three weeks ago, when I started writing about rocking your life and loving your way to success with my 4 steps to transformation, I told you that the process starts and ends with love. We made it thro ...
How To Rock Your Life: It Starts and Ends with Love
A few months ago, my friend Sheri asked me to be part of her telesummit and I jumped on board. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to debut my “Love Your Way to Success” 4 steps to transform your ...
Me, Myself, and My Father-in-Law, or, What I Learned From an $8 Potato
“I didn't buy anything.” My father-in-law announced when he walked in the door. “The potatoes were $3 each!” I had sent him to the farmer's market down the street while he was visiting us a few weeks ...
This Is a Test, This Is Only a Test: When Stress Hits, Overcome Fight or Flight
Do you remember those creepy transmissions that used to interrupt your favorite TV shows with loud, high-pitched beeps and an ominous monotone voice repeating, “This is a test. This is only a test”? ...
You’re Not a Fix-‘Er-Up: Why Self-Love Isn’t Like Remodeling a Bathroom
The United States is a very do-it-yourself country. People here are fixers, remodelers, creators and “Look what I did!”-ers. We love to fix up our kitchens, make our own baby food, and run our own b ...
All It Costs Is Being Right: How to Be Happy in Life and Love
You say potato and I say potahto, You say tomato and I say tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off ~ George and Ira Gershwin I was riding the subway last week when I h ...
Learn to Speak Her Love Language (Even If She’s Multilingual)
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, what language do they speak? (Judging from my experience as a life and relationship coach, I'd say our dialects couldn't be more different.) In my own re ...
What Harry Potter Teaches Us About True Love
Last weekend, I was catching up on a little Oprah –thank goodness for DVR– when I came upon her interview with J.K. Rowling, the genius behind the Harry Potter franchise. The seven books in the series ...
What’s Your Hot Dog Factor?
“I absolutely HATE those intolerant people!” Notice anything oxymoronic in the above sentence? In a recent session, Julia grumbled that the dating scene in New York was so miserable that she wanted OU ...
“I Do” But I Don’t Understand You: The Married Girl’s Guide to Understanding Men – Part 2
In the first part of this series, I suggested treating marriage licenses more like driver's licenses, with minimum practice hours and the ability to demonstrate a basic understanding men being bridal ...
“I Do” But I Don’t Understand You: The Married Girl’s Guide to Understanding Men-Part 1
Sometimes I think that obtaining a marriage license should be more like obtaining a driver's license. The DMV (the Department of Marriage Vows) could require couples to log a certain number of practi ...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Relationship Advice For Commitment Phobia
Okay, guys- humor me and take a quick commitment quiz. Do your relationships typically last for less than a few months? Do you usually find deal-breaking flaws in your love interests? Do you distance ...
The Top 3 Marriage Mistakes Every Couple Makes
“Marriage is a mistake every man should make.” -George Jessel Making mistakes is a regular part of married life. Why else would patience, forgiveness, and understanding be such popular wedding vow th ...
Your Break-Up Alarm Clock: Knowing When To End a Relationship
When I meet with single women looking to find love, one of the first things I do is size up the quality of their break-up alarm clock. You know, the little siren in every woman's heart that goes off ...
Love Is Not a Life Saver: Save Yourself and Your Marriage
On a recent trip to the beach, I took a quick dip to cool off and ended up getting caught in the current; the more I paddled toward the shore, the further it seemed to drift away. Trying not to panic ...
Are You Too Tired to Have Angelina Jolie’s Life?
The other day, a new client walked into my coaching office. "What do you want to see happen in the next 6 months?" I asked. "I want to be an actress like Angelina Jolie." She said. "But I'm stuck in a ...
All It Costs Is Being Right: How to Be Happy in Life and Love
You say potato and I say potahto, You say tomato and I say tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off ~ George and Ira Gershwin I was riding the subway last week when I h ...
Human Chemistry Makes Coaching Easy
What makes coaching so powerful? I’ve seen time and time again that clients’ state, almost invariably, improves quickly once the coaching relationship starts. This does not mean that all the problems ...
How to Overcome Biases as a Life Coach
First things first. Although the term ‘bias’ inevitably brings negative connotations, not all biases are inherently harmful or avoidable. However, this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t explore how they ...
8 Coaching Behaviors that Build Strong Coach-Client Relationships
If you’re struggling with how to keep clients as a life coach or you want to focus on building even better relationships with your clients, stick around as we dive into eight coaching behaviors that w ...
What is your coaching style?
Just as each person has their unique personality, each coach has their unique coaching style. While various qualities, such as excellent listening skills, optimism, and open-mindedness should be evide ...
Life Coaching Versus Therapy: 6 Key Differences between Two Careers
If you often get a high from helping friends and family and solving their lives‘ conundrums, you might be attracted to the idea of helping people to make positive changes in their lives. If you feel c ...
9 Common Myths about Life Coaching
Life coaches are often met with eye-rolls and skepticism due to the many misconceptions about their profession. These biases primarily exist because of a lack of knowledge and the fact that the coachi ...
3 Apps that Make You Happier
Happiness- we all want it. Some people are said to be blessed to have happier genes. For the rest of us, it is a skill that we can cultivate deliberately. There are vast differences in the way people ...
How to become a better listener
Today I want to talk to you about how to become a better listener. This is probably one of the most important skills you need to be a good coach, or just to be effective in any communication. T ...
Why You Absolutely, Positively Cannot Do It Alone (and Shouldn’t Want To)
If you're like me—alternating between your electronic devicecs at any given moment—you may feel like you have batteries, not blood, in your veins. Our fast-paced, high-tech culture has programmed us t ...
