New Year

Advice From the Life Coach: “Seeing” and Being “Seen”

People want to connect. Above almost any other need, human beings long to have another person truly “see” them. At its core, “being seen” refers to the acknowledgment, recognition, and understanding that individuals receive from...
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Message for the New Year: Living With Grace in 2023

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,...
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New Year’s Reset: What Really Matters in Life

This photo is of six of our seven grandchildren on a first ever family ski trip over the holiday break. Each one took to the snow as a grand adventure! They appreciated the beauty of the mountains, they loved the challenge of learning a new sport, they...
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Life Coaching for the New Year: The Power of Cozy

In my Washington, DC Life Coaching, I find that many of my clients have created a life that’s stuck in stone, a calendar full of shoulds, people pleasing, self-doubt and fears that are obeyed instead of challenged. Busy people often feel they are...
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The Life Coach Says: My Top 25 Ways to Open Yourself to New Possibilities

I often look at interesting architecture, like the building pictured, and wonder how the architect came up with such new innovative ideas. How can we free ourselves up from what’s been done in the past and begin to see what’s possible? My...
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Reader Question: How to “Become More Creative”

This life coaching blog post was prompted by an insightful reader question last month: “I noticed that one of your suggestions is to be creative. This raises the question for me, what would this look like for me? I wonder how many people get ‘stuck’...
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