I called my Mom this morning. It’s her birthday today. She’s 81. She gave me an order a few days ago to NOT send her a birthday present and I always do what she tells me (that was my first lie). Instead, Paco, my awesome and incredibly rich dog, sent her a gift. It’s her […]
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The conversation typically goes something like this, “Karen, my friend has an alcoholic boyfriend. She’s unhappy and I think she needs to get out of the relationship. He’s no good for her. Will you work with her?” Then I have an honest conversation with the person who called. Although her friend’s situation is tough, she’s
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These thoughts kept me awake last night, which was interesting as they took me away from restful sleep. I couldn’t be present with my sleep and every time I would start to drift off, I was pulled back into thinking about presence…which I was obviously struggling with. Presence. Being here. Experiencing this moment. Being in
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Let’s start with an analogy. You’re standing in the grocery store checkout line. You’re bored and impatient and just want to move through the line. So, you deflect from your discomfort and start to look around. What do you see? Magazines with huge, bold, dramatic headlines…typically a headline about a famous person in some form
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How do you feel when you hear the term, Mental Illness? Are you so far removed from it that it doesn’t affect you and you don’t relate to those who have been clinically diagnosed with a mental illness? Or do you jump into Google and the DSM-5 and diagnose yourself with mental illness? Do you
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Does anyone have the power to control yours? How about when you get mad and say, “He makes me so mad!” Does “he” really make you mad? No… no one “makes you” mad. It’s true that no one, except for yourself, has the power “make you” any feeling: Happy, sad, angry, elated…I can’t think of
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I had what Oprah would call, a “lightbulb moment” this week. Actually, that phrase doesn’t do it justice. A sledgehammer? I’m not sure. What I do know is that I discovered something that I’m hoping will create what I constantly speak about, more peace and balance in my life. My discovery happened when I was
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You’re in luck…this week’s blog is going to be short. That’s enough celebrating…I didn’t know you’d be this happy. I must suck at this blogging stuff or you wouldn’t be happy that my blog is short. If I was good at this, you would want to hear more from me. Wow, I’m a loser and
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So, do you trust? Completely? Or is there a little voice inside of you that doesn’t allow you to step in, at least not totally? Do you fear that others will mislead or betray you? Somewhere along the way you learned not to trust. Yet most, and maybe even all, distrust is a projection of
We’re going to spend some time today by getting curious. What gets in your way of going toward your passion? In other words, what stops you from stepping into being more of your true self? What typically scares you and makes you want to give up? Does it seem like you frequently fall just short