Just because you don’t name the direction, doesn’t mean that you aren’t going in one…

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both personally and professionally, through workshops/training and coaching.

 

Category Archives: Peace

Forever

December 7, 2009 – 4:38 pm

This was written after sitting with a mother,
as she tried to explain how she feels living through another day
of her daughter’s addiction, and was first shared in December 2007.
I am posting it again, because there have been several people
that have recently shared stories of addiction that they are facing in their families.
This is an issue [...]

Courage

November 14, 2009 – 7:55 pm

“Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that something else
is more important
than fear.”
Ambrose Redmoon
When you’re driving, you can’t always see what’s coming on the road, can you?
But yet you keep moving forward.
You drive, and you trust that even when you can’t see what is ahead,
you know that there is a road,
and that [...]

The Impact of You…

October 4, 2009 – 12:36 pm

“Think you can’t change the world?
Too late, you already have.
It was changed for the better the minute you were born.
There are more people than you can imagine
who will never be the same because they came in contact with you…
if only for a fleeting moment.”
Gail Pursell Elliott

Sometimes, during a group or a training, people express feeling [...]

Our paint…

September 17, 2009 – 8:33 pm

“The thoughts we choose to think
are the tools we use
to paint the canvas of our lives.”
Louise Hay
More and more we are shining a light on the significance of our thoughts,
and how those thoughts ultimately shape, guide and define our lives.

Who is in control of your thoughts?
Your partner? Your mother?
Kids? Friends?
The neighbors?
Mass media?
None of those sources [...]

Believe in Your Power

September 16, 2009 – 6:07 pm

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, you have within you
the strength, the patience, and the passion
to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman

I was asked what I think made some people so successful, and what my advice would be to those who feel like they aren’t quite where they want to [...]