Anxiety’s Inner Battle

Anxiety’s Inner Battle

What is it that creates that feeling of ‘anxiety’ inside? Is it really fear’s watered-down cousin, or is there something else going on?

Negative Emotions Give Us Guidance

Negative Emotions Give Us Guidance

Why is it that some situations trigger such BIG negative emotions – even when the situation doesn’t warrant it? It’s like an enormous pool of energy gets tapped when a small hurt happens in our lives. We think we have gotten past it or resolved situations that had us feel scared, angry or hurt, and yet we still feel these big reactions with certain situations or people…

Looking Good Doesn't Work

Looking Good Doesn't Work

Why do we want to look good in the eyes of others? Is there some belief we learned that says if we look good, then we’ll get what we want? Perhaps we learned that looking good means we are good enough to get the approval, love, acceptance and/ or validation that we seek…

From Pain to Purpose

From Pain to Purpose

What do we do when the pain won’t go away? How do we come into ‘right relationship’ with it? For the last 7 years, I have been dealing with …

Making Space for Inner Change

Making Space for Inner Change

Why is it so difficult to change outdated and unconscious behaviors and habits? What keeps us from making the changes we know will help us feel better?

Intention Alone is Not Enough

Intention Alone is Not Enough

Why is it that our good intentions don’t always come to pass? What happens when we decide to change something for the better, and still find ourselves doing or experiencing things the same old way…

Hiding from Ourselves

Hiding from Ourselves

Why do we get so upset when an old painful inner-story or outer-experience pops up again in our lives? We often feel that we have already ‘dealt with it’ and we don’t understand why it keeps coming up over and over again…

There Is Nothing Wrong with Us

There Is Nothing Wrong with Us

What is it that has us think there is something wrong or bad about us the way we are? Why are we constantly needing to justify or prove our worth to ourselves and others? We think we aren’t OK until we lose the weight, get the promotion, have the child, or get the grade…

Pleasure is an Inside Job

Pleasure is an Inside Job

Why is it so few of us enjoy pleasure in our lives? Perhaps it has something to do what we think pleasure is and where it comes from. Many of us think pleasure is just the opposite of pain so we measure our level of pleasure by how much pain we are dealing with…

How Can We Feel Equal?

How Can We Feel Equal?

What has us feel powerless in our efforts to influence others? How can we balance the power between us in key relationships…

Unblocking Our Abundance

Unblocking Our Abundance

What is it that keeps us from feeling as abundant as we would like? Abundance in the areas of our finances, pleasure, relationships, recognition, contribution or health, can often be hard to come by or feel just out of reach leaving us stuck or blocked...

Goal Achievement as an Inside Job

Goal Achievement as an Inside Job

It is so energizing to watch my clients set and achieve their ‘inner goals’ and watch their outer world significantly improve. Most of us set goals that are outwardly focused. We consider that if things are different/better/deeper/faster in our outer world then we will feel better on the inside...