Recently friends have been on my mind. It’s been less than two years since we moved to a new city and left behind a circle of friends that was constructed over 20 years. True, most of these friends keep in touch through occasional visits, facebook, email, a note here and there, phone calls and even [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
A Spring Poem
Posted in coaching, Life, thoughts, tagged Austin transitions coach, business coach, change, choice, coaching, friends, Houston coach, mindfulness, spring, wisdom, women, words on March 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Hold me on the palm of your hand. Step into the promise of the day Sing with circumspect abandon Live on the brink of discovery Delight in the surprise of the moment Dance with me in the air of the night Rest in the embrace of your lover Melt into the fragrant air. Be wonderful [...]
Taking a good look at ourselves at work
Posted in coaching, Healthy, job search, tagged bad boss, business coach, change, choice, coaching, complaining at work, great business books, Houston coach, life coach, mindfulness, reading, transitions coach, young people career coach on February 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It strikes me that we are all very capable of complaining–about our bosses, our co-workers, our subordinates. We seem to have a knack for pointing out the deficiencies of those who surround us at work and in life. Perhaps our own culture inspires us to look elsewhere for the root of our problems–and I am [...]
Abandon your fear of failure!
Posted in coaching, Healthy, job search, Life, thoughts, tagged coaching, failure, friendship, Houston coach, houston transitions coach, inspiration, Life, mindfulness, women on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the journey of life, failure is just a stop along the way. Yet, most of us are so intent on inching forward that when we come to this stop we are jarred to our bones–failure has brought us to a dead end that sometimes has the power to catapult us into deep despair. Fear [...]
When you are happy and you know it!
Posted in coaching, General, tagged business coach, change, coaching, happiness, Houston coach, inspiration, life coach, mindfulness, thoughts, transitions coach on January 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I run into a woman who told me how happy she was and how she was looking at her job with new eyes. At first, she was almost apologetic–she was a little bit self-conscious announcing her happiness! Then she realized I would appreciate her sentiments–what has the world come to if we have to [...]
New Year, Old Self
Posted in coaching, Healthy, Life, tagged Austin business coach, awareness, choice, Houston, inspiration, Life, mindfulness, new year, resolutions, transitions coach, women on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first working Monday of a new year and a new decade. Forgive me for not asking you about your new year resolutions–personally, I think I woke up on January 1st being my jolly old self of the year before and it’s been a long time since I have made New Year’s resolutions. Change happens [...]
How will you be mindful this week?
Posted in coaching, Healthy, Life, tagged Austin business coach, business coach, change, Houston coach, life coach, mindfulness, transitions coach, wisdom, women on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I went to a class on mindfulness– defined on Wikipedia as calm awareness of one’s body functions, feelings, content of consciousness, or consciousness itself. I will add that mindfulness brings about a noticing of our own thoughts and emotions, which is essential if we want to bring change of any kind into our lives. [...]
Life in chapters
Posted in books, coaching, tagged Austin business coach, Austin transitions coach, change, coaching, mindfulness, needs, real estate, thoughts, Transition coach, wisdom, women on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to a friend who is also a coach, I realized yesterday that the sadness about preparing the house for sale was not about detaching from the walls (after all, I have done that before!). What the sadness was telling me is that I was in transition–and declaring the end of an era. My friend [...]
Control and choice–in business and life.
Posted in coaching, Life, thoughts, tagged Austin business coach, Austin transitions coach, enterprenuership, inspiration, Life, life coach, mindfulness, thoughts, transitions, transitions coach, wisdom, women, words on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whether in your business or in your daily life (think in relation to others!), what is the difference between being in control and choosing? Aside from the obvious negative connotation usually associated with control, dig deeper. What distinguishes the two? Take the example of the housework that needs to get done around most homes. The [...]
Mindfulness and our wallets
Posted in coaching, tagged Austin life coach, business coach, inspiration, Life, mindfulness, thoughts, transitions coach, women on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning driving to work I was listening to Jean Chatzky on the Oprah and Friends radio (yes, I am extravagant–I listen to satellite radio and it is not even commercial-free!) She mentioned that some study had come out linking “sadness” to an “urge to spend” and that some people were more prone to the [...]
