OUT OF BALANCE (In Two Key Areas)?
A couple of relevant quotes to begin this blog.
Dick Cavett was quoted as saying "It is a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear" and Oscar Wilde said "To love ones self is the beginning of a lifelong romance”. Emerson said "Where there is no vision, people perish".
I hit a point in my life where balance became a real issue. In working with clients and others I know I'm not alone.
There was a balance in daily routine which m... Read More

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EGO RUNNING WILD!

Thought to Ponder . . .The ego seeks the destination; the soul seeks the journey
What a deadly conflict I had going on for so many years, my ego searching for the destination and my forgotten soul seeking a journey! It made it hard to live in this skin of mine; seeking and achieving things that were never enough, yet a constant feeling of dis-ease inside.
I remember well the day that a marriage counsellor suggested that alcohol and other mood altering activities... Read More

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ACCEPTANCE- MY KEY TO LIVING
For far too long in my life (40+) years, I had "living issues". I have learned that they evolved, for the most part, with not being able to accept life on life's terms.
To live a life that I am happy in today (and funny enough, others are also happier around me) I had to learn the art of acceptance and truly learn what to be a little laid back means.
Acceptance
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.
"When I am disturbed, it is becaus... Read More

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CHOICE-CLEANED (sobered) UP, LOCKED UP, COVERED UP
or Broken Up
I don't know when I first heard this, but since I have chosen a process of life recovery and the coaching profession, the truth of this "choice" has become very real. I hope that those of you who have taken the time to read this really reflect upon the choices. You are reading it for a reason. Either you or someone you care about has the above choices TODAY!
I used to think- in my pre-recovery days- that statements like... Read More

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WHERE TO FIND SERENITY
I'm sitting here on a rainy Thursday morning, at peace with the world.
I was to have played in a golf tournament this morning, and was quite looking forward to it. In days a decade and a half ago, having the event cancelled by rain would have ticked me off and disrupted serenity. So would have many of the other major set backs I have faced over the past fifteen years. Over that period serenity had been disturbed briefly for short bursts, but not for any extended p... Read More

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