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Sep 12, 2023

New Identities

There are a few great reasons to embrace new identities. The first is to shift into better alignment with your essential self. Move...

Sep 5, 2023

Circle of Control

The things that we can control in life fit into a small circle. They are few but very powerful. Each of us can only control ourselves,...

Aug 28, 2023

It’s All Optional

It’s so easy to fall into “I have to” mode. How many times a day do each of us say “I have to?” I have to work, pick up my kids, take...

Aug 21, 2023

Processing Negative Emotion

My previous blog post discussed buffering negative emotions. A natural subsequent topic, then, involves what to do instead with those...

Aug 14, 2023

Buffering

Unpleasant or unwanted emotions are dealt with primarily three ways – resisting, lessening, or processing through them. “Experiential...

Aug 7, 2023

Increase Your Emotional Reserve

We all have an emotional reserve. This is the space between a potentially triggering event and a negative or dramatic reaction. We can...

Jun 12, 2023

The Self Coaching Model, Categories of Human Experience

Everything that we experience in life can be broken down into categories. This really resonates with me as a physician, because of its...

May 30, 2023

Introduction to Life Coaching

For those of you who are new to life coaching, you may be asking yourself what is a life coach and why would I need one? Life coaching...

May 24, 2023

Inspiration

I spent many hours in my angsty youth driving around in my Cavalier listening to Ani Difranco, my original life coach. I learned so much...

May 24, 2023

Ideal Day

One of my favorite coaching tools is the Ideal Day. Take some time to sit quietly and really imagine what your ideal day looks like. ...

May 24, 2023

Trusting Your Body Compass

Your brain will lie to you, but your body will not. Your body always knows. Your body warns you when you are talking to someone...

May 23, 2023

How Effective is Coaching?

For all of you academic skeptics out there, this post is for you. I am you. I love the field of medicine’s skepticism, requirement of...

May 10, 2023

Essential Self vs Social Self

You can think of your person as divided into the essential self and the social self. Happiness and fulfillment requires a balance of...

May 8, 2023

Difference between psychiatric care, therapy, and life coaching

Psychiatric care is provided by a psychiatrist – a medical doctor who has completed an undergraduate degree, medical school, and a...