“Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.” – Mel Brooks This summer is bringing a shift to some positive perspectives from my clients: “I want to have fun.” “If I can get organized, I will have...
How Do I Want to Live in 2023? The holiday season, once again marked by the challenges of COVID-19, brought unexpected twists and turns for me. Instead of the joy and celebration I had hoped for, I faced disappointment and loss. COVID hit our family,...
Have you noticed? The trees did. They’ve shown the arrival of autumn by changing the coloring of their leaves. They let go of the old, green color. And we get the glory they are displaying to us now. They are neither sad nor fearful about letting...
“Any time not spent on love is wasted.” – Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) Why Spend Time on Love? Love brings us so much happiness and peace because the need for it lies at the very foundation of our existence. However capable and skillful we may...
Before I have a complimentary session with possible clients I send them three questions to answer. One of the questions is: What is getting in the way of reaching your goal? Here are several answers I have received to that question: I don’t have...
“That was the best hour of my week!” So said my client Martha* after another very worthwhile and meaningful coaching session. It validated why coaching works. Here are some of the comments she and others have made during the past few weeks “before”...
What do you see from your window? Tell me, the DC Life Coach, I am listening. In the midst of our nation being hit hard by the coronavirus, the economic downturn, and the political problems, many of us are coping with upheaval in nearly every area of...
In times of crisis, such as right now as our nation is experiencing the outbreak of the coronavirus, we must take extra care to keep ourselves in balance. Fretting, worrying, and panicking are draining and unproductive emotions. This afternoon I went...
Next week fall starts in DC. With it, for my life coaching clients often comes a sense of new beginnings and unmatched possibility. Children go back to school, big kids go off to college and the federal fiscal year comes to a close. As a DC life coach,...
As a life coach, I often find the greatest lessons are right in front of me. It has been my privilege to watch with love and fascination over the past eighteen years as my twin granddaughters, pictured here, have grown and developed into strong, independent...