Personal Growth

Now is the perfect time for Love

I’ve been writing short articles on the Artful Journey themes (aka Mood Lady themes) for years now. Last year, I wrote one each week for 49 weeks. I made myself a schedule of themes and followed it pretty well, unless some theme was simply a mis-match for that week.

A Story of Discernment: Are your choices depleting or energizing you?

Before she started using the tool of Discernment, she was often depleted.

It was almost like she had a little voice in her head that was constantly spewing about what she ‘should’ do…

Whose Version of Success Are You Living?

I can remember when I first realized that Success was something I could define for myself.

Until that time, which happened to be in my 40s, I had always been living some other version — one I’d heard others talk about. One I’d seen…

A Story of Success

She waited as long as she could, and then she called her mother.

With the time difference, she had to wait until afternoon and by then, her mind had made up all kinds of stories about how horrible this situation was.

A Story of Compassion

She heard the voice one day out of the blue. She had read books and books about self talk and she understood it intellectually. She knew that in order to truly love others, she needed to love herself first. She understood that intellectually too.

What Will You Let Go Of Next?

Letting Go. It is a common theme in my coaching and certainly in my own life and in the lives of those…

A Story of Letting Go

She stopped by the hospital on her way out of town. She put on the gown and mask as she entered — a routine she had…

Are you using the Power of Change?

Last year I needed a change. That feeling of restlessness, of low-grade discontent had been getting stronger, actually, for the last couple of years and I recognized the signs in myself. I was living in Santa Cruz, California, and if you’ve been there, you know it’s a…

The Change Mood Lady

Change. Such a powerful word and concept. For some, it feels refreshing and new and for others, it’s something they run from or resist as much as humanly possible.

Have you had a Shift Miracle lately & didn’t even know it?

One of my favorite parts about being a Coach is being a witness to the Shift Miracles that happen in the lives of my clients. I made up the term Shift Miracle in order to give this phenomenon its due. Shift Miracles are those…