A Little Emotional Support During This Time of Stress This is a time of incredible stress, uncertainty and change across the world. Unlike many stressful experiences, we don’t know when the impact of the Covid-19 will ease so that life can return to something closer to normal. We just know that our lives have been…
Do You Know What You Want? I recently came across an incredible interview with Oprah Winfrey, a huge advocate for doing our deep personal work. This part stands out for me the most: “Most people don’t know where they want to go. A lot of people are being driven by what they think they should…
Anger: Our Most Misunderstood Emotion In my last post I described how devastating chronic misattunement is to a growing child. I described how the child learns to live with a level of emotional deprivation that persists into adulthood and then as adults they help everyone else and put themselves last. It’s like encasing our…
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…
I Feel Like A Fraud – What Is Imposter Syndrome Really? “I so don’t belong on this team!” I think to myself swearing under my breath as I sit in a meeting with my colleagues analyzing a problem we are having. One of my colleagues has just described a technical concept in such beautiful…
How We Begin Together I want to share a bit about what happens when we begin working together. The first question I ask in pretty much every session is “What do you want most for yourself today?” I ask you this so you can set an intention for yourself during our time together. You might…