From butting heads to building strong relationship skills

Ever noticed how those closest to you push your buttons the most? 

This week, I’ve been helping three of my clients work through some tough challenges in their relationships with their moms. Issues between women and their mothers are common; but so are tough issues with dad, sibling, partner, or boss.

The Gremlins Inside of Us

Remember the movie gremlins?

You may not know this, but you have gremlins inside of you… probably quite a few.

I had a couple of gremlins pop their nasty little heads just this weekend!

You can learn a lot by paying attention when they pop up. In fact, it is only by paying attention that you can deal with your inner gremlins.

The 9 Healthy Habits That Make My Life Better & Better

Last week we talked about life goals and how they’re intrinsically tied to a healthy lifestyle.

Most of us get on the healthy-lifestyle bandwagon when our bodies start breaking or complaining (show of hands? Me.) There’s another breed of folks, the high-achieving superstars, who just know that stellar health is critical for excellence in life... and they get after it.

It Starts With the Body

It’s hard to thrive in life if the body is struggling.

Today I present to you the idea that the pursuit of any goal in life must start with cultivating your health.

No matter what area of life you want to improve --career, finances, relationships, education-- it has to start with taking better care of your body.

A Third Option - Fighting v. Settling Part III

Over the past two weeks we’ve explored how we approach most things in life as a boxing match between two opposites.  

In one corner:  Fighting/fixing it

In the opposite corner:  Settling/tolerating/putting-up-with it

These are the opposite sides of the same coin: Resistance to what is.