In the past few months, Mary has been diagnosed with skin cancer and Coronavirus.Her young son also had the virus. Oh, and she had her very first panic attack recently.All of these things have shown her something amazing. They have helped her see that she is okay. Now. Always. No matter what is happening within
There is no such thing as a mean or evil person. Or a kind person, a funny person, a clumsy person. There are just people–always healthy, always pure, always full of love and connection at their core (yes, even Hitler. Even serial killers), who do unkind things, and also some kind things. No different than any of us.
Giles’ mum died last month…just a couple weeks before this conversation was recorded. A few days after our conversation, Giles and his sister held an online funeral for his mum in the midst of the lockdown. His experience of grief has been amazing to watch.Giles’ experience of his mother’s death has been night and day different
Planning + Panicking = PlanickingAre you doing it?In this episode, we look at what happens when we plan + panic = planick. But mostly, we look at how incredibly, unbelievably resilient humans are. How amazing it is that we’re making it through each day as well as we are. How we’re doing perhaps better having this thrust
Holly thought weight issues were encoded in her DNA. She was a person with food issues, period. There was no other possibility in her mind. She was born with food issues just like she was born with blue eyes. It was her cross to bear. Finding new ways to bear that cross was as good as
“The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true.” –Daniel OkrentIt always sounds funny to me when people talk about achieving balance. Or striving for balance. Or working on, or toward, balance.Balance is our nature. It is default. We don’t work toward what’s default. We stop working and find ourselves there. We don’t achieve
Fairly recently, Lucy decided to experiment with drinking less.She didn’t quit. She experimented. She became curious and watched what happened as she didn’t drink one time. And then another time. And then another time. She watched what happened as she came up against situations where drinking was the norm. There were a lot of them.She let
Phobias are one of my favorite things to coach. They are also one of the absolute best illustrations of how our experience works. When you have a phobia, you aren’t afraid of the thing you think you’re afraid of. You’re afraid of thought. Period. It’s amazing to see how a mind defends what it believes. There are
Marnix is a coach and author with a growing sense of joy about life. Less than 10 years ago he was depressed, anxious, and addicted. Marnix and I talk about all sorts of things in this episode. From how and why he woke up to this very different experience of life, while others too often do
In times of uncertainty, minds can get restless. They can make up stories and scenarios in order to give you some semblance of certainty. Knowing how your mind works, helps. It helps you see what’s beyond its stories. What is beyond the mind’s stories? Now. Where we’re all okay, doing the best we see to do, present and
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