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Longing for wholeness

Last month, I was standing in a store buying almonds. Suddenly, I see the bin of chocolate candies and then I was filling a bag with them and eating them. Who cares, you might say, a few chocolate candies?

But here’s the thing: I was finishing month three of a six month food plan of no sugar, no dairy, no gluten, no caffeine. My naturopath had suggested I clean up my food to help with some mild health issues. I didn’t want to take pharmaceuticals and so am trying other options. Now, there’s no gluten in these little candies, but alarming amounts of everything else.

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Personal Vision Statement

A Personal Vision Statement provides direction to chart the course of your life as you move toward actualizing your vision of your life. Living into your potential.

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Six Steps to Claim Your Life

Six Steps to Claim your life….Do you long to claim your own unique life and to make the changes you want instead of being tossed about on the waves of change like a bobbing cork?

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Change: How do I know what I can and can’t change?

When I created my 2017 New Year’s Vision and resolutions, I was carving out the intention to change. But I realized that I don’t always know what I can change and what I can’t. Here’s the truth: I was way too busy last year and want to change that.

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Stress: And the courage to be still

Stress: and the courage to be still…..When I was a young mother, years ago, my infant son almost died from spinal meningitis and became profoundly deaf. That acute trauma turned into chronic stress because I was driven by my lions of self-blame and grief…..

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Mindfulness

Recently, I was facilitating the silent retreat day for our 8-week Mindfulness Program at Janati Yoga School. During the walking meditation, I noticed the hole in the left big toe of my black sock. And in a breath, felt exposed. As though people would notice the raw hole in my soul instead of the hole in my sock.

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What is Life Coaching? And how it helped me change…

What is Life Coaching? And how it helped me to change….People have been asking me a lot recently: What exactly is Life Coaching? And how is it different than counselling or therapy? I first found life coaching two years ago after an intense transition……

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