Last week I experienced a process I believe in but sometimes struggle to activate or trust:  Manifestation.

Backstory:  I have been obsessed with vintage campers (and vintage trucks) for years.  YEARS!!! I drive my daughter crazy whenever we’re in the car: “Look at THAT cute little camper!  Look at that AIRSTREAM!!!” I get instantly enthusiastic. There’s a slight eye roll as she pats me on the shoulder patronizingly, “Yes, Mama...

I am in the business of helping people change. For my therapy clients, it's about helping them identify and heal emotional barriers to their normal way of functioning.  For my coaching clients, it's about helping them clarify what they TRULY want to create in their lives, and take aligned action.  For ALL of my clients, it is about raising awareness of unconscious beliefs and patterns that keep them stuck. This is the work I d...

Maybe you've heard the expression "Our expectations determine our experience".  I have certainly found this to be true.  What I so often find is that expectations can cause undue negativity and tension -- within ourselves and between us & others, especially when our expectations are unconscious or unspoken.

For instance, if you expect the person entering a store just ahead of you to hold the door open and they do...

Do you have a strong inner critic?  I have seen countless therapy clients over the years absolutely plagued and even paralyzed by that critical inner voice running commentary and ruminating on every negative that can be found -- limitations, poor choices, shortcomings... the list goes on and repeats unceasingly.  A very vocal internal bully is the unintended result, if this automatic thinking goes unchecked....

I have a Nervous Nellie voice in my head.  She's not the LOUDEST voice, but she's the FASTEST.  She's always the first to chime in, especially when money and visibility are the topic at hand.  And she loves to repeat herself.  She gives me that shot of adrenaline that sets me automatically into scanning & preparation mode:  scanning for threat and preparing for WCS (worst case scenario).

Here's a recent...

Small victory over my knee-jerk parenting self yesterday:

My daughter was taking her time getting ready for school and as I looked at the clock and realized that we would DEFINITELY be late (as it is, we are routinely last- or second to last in); instead of amping up the warnings and stress level, I let go and accepted how things were unfolding.  Let me back up...

I remember so distinctly the morning routine when I was her a...