What? I Have Needs?

What? I Have Needs? “I had a good childhood.  There was always food on the table and a roof over my head.  So why do I feel stuck all of the time?”  Do you wonder why you often feel unsatisfied in your relationships or why your professional life goes nowhere in spite of lots of…

Just Can’t Say No

Just Can’t Say No “So what do you think?  Are you interested in working with me?” “Yes, I am and I wonder what your rates are.” “Well, I have a standard rate and then if you buy a package, you save 15% off my standard rate.  How does that sound to you?”  “Well, I really…

ACEs as Life & Death

ACEs as Life & Death We tend to think about life as the basic functioning of our body.  Am I breathing?  Is my heart beating?  Can I see and hear?  But there’s another measure to life.  Am I fully alive?  Am I living my dream?  Am I following my heart?  Not my physical heart.  My emotional…

The Electrical Department

  The Electrical Department I walk through the hardware store innocently enough gathering stuff for the latest round of fix-it projects on my new home. In the background I’m grappling with life direction yet again, this latest round of doubt in my own usefulness spurred by an external catalyst that came very suddenly out of…

Just Let It Go – Yeah, Right

  Just Let It Go – Yeah, Right Please forgive the snarky title. I want to address something pervasive that I see in the business and personal growth community and I have strong feelings about it.  I was on Facebook the other day reading a piece by yet another business leader telling me to just…