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Practical Aspects of an Integrated Life

Posted on June 8, 2007. Filed under: Adoption, Self Awareness, awareness, foster care, personal thoughts |

I haven’t been posting.  I know I am stating the obvious!
Instead, I have been working on integrating my life.
What does that mean?
Well, for starters, it means learning to live as a single mom to a toddler during the week while my hubby works out of town. We’re in the foster/adoption game, which is a whole [...]

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Our Humanity can feel anxious, too.

Posted on March 10, 2007. Filed under: Mind/Body, Self Awareness, awareness, body, brain, identity |

One of my virtual mentors, David Wood, wrote the following in a recent newsletter:
The Personal Touch
In the last ‘Create’ issue I shared about my ‘bump’ in India. After having ‘turned the corner’ I had a resurgence of energy in the form of anxiety/fear. Boy – talk about an invitation from the universe [...]

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Is Your Tank Full?

Posted on February 4, 2007. Filed under: Brain Gym, Self Awareness, Stress Relief, awareness, body, brain |

               Did you ever have a teacher in High School make the class do the exercise “if so and so were and animal, flower or car what would they be?” I remember my classmates and I doing this once in 10th grade psychology class.  My friend decided that I was a Mercedes convertible (I forgot [...]

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Road Rage and Peace-Making

Posted on November 8, 2006. Filed under: Coaching Corner, Mind/Body, Self Awareness, Stress Relief, awareness, body, brain, emotions |

 Note: Recently I had the honor to be involved with a group of mediators going through their Jump Start Action coaching group through the Mediation Marketing Institute.  The following article was sparked by one of our coaching sessions.
 
Thoughts on being a mediator in all areas of life;
AKA “Walking your Talk”
As we know, it takes [...]

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Coaching Corner: Waking Up

Posted on September 25, 2006. Filed under: Brain Gym, Coaching Corner, ENNEAGRAM, Edu-K, Mind/Body, Self Awareness, awareness, body, brain, development, educational kinesiology, identity, self Image |

            “Sara” doesn’t think she has anything to offer the world.  She’s unable to identify her strengths and gifts. She’s asleep to her 17 year old self in so many ways. Waking up to who you are—who God made you to be—at your core it isn’t easy.  We can’t just snap our fingers after saying [...]

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My Mythology

Posted on August 15, 2006. Filed under: Self Awareness, awareness, development, personal thoughts, self Image |

When I was a little girl, I used to fantasize about “surviving” in my room, all alone.  These ideas proliferated usually when I was mad at my parents and stubbornly would go into my “I don’t need ANYONE” mode.  I had all the supplies I needed:  books, music and imagination.  My rations were in the [...]

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