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Forgiveness in the Workplace: Creating Harmony and Productivity
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Your Questions Answered!
While doing this work, which I am privileged to do, I have many questions from my clients. Many have universal themes, so it would be helpful to address some of them here! How Do You Forgive Yourself and Take Accountability for Your...
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Codependency can limit your life experiences. But, what are the signs of codependency? And how can you free yourself from codependent behaviors. Find out here.
Surrendering Takes Courage
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Gratitude: The Choice Is Yours
Gratitude. By definition, it’s a quality or characteristic of being thankful. It’s our readiness to show appreciation and return kindness. It helps us acknowledge the good in our lives. When we are exercising gratitude, we are encouraged...
Boundaries: The Limits Are Yours!
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Living The Road Better Traveled: Finding Acceptance Is The First Step
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Grief: Waiting For The Shoe To Drop
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How Connection to Ourselves Helps Our Connection to Others
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Love/Hate Relationship with My Body
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I Wanted to Live
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Love The One You’re With!
When you look in the mirror what do you see? Who do you see? Can you look into those beautiful eyes looking back at you or do you skirt around those eyes just to see if your face is presentable?I spent most of my life afraid to look in...
We Lost Connection.
We took a little getaway that was much needed for both of us because we had lost connection. At first it was not what you would call a romantic getaway. We were not feeling very romantic when it started yet within a few hours we both...
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Family can be our greatest source of joy, but sometimes, it's where our deepest wounds come from. Many conflicts aren't just about the present. They're tied to unresolved, often inherited, past issues. These old wounds can quietly affect...
Navigating Forgiveness Among Siblings: Building Stronger Bonds
Siblings share a unique bond. It's a connection that starts from their childhood and hopefully lasts a lifetime. Sibling relationships are also not without challenges, and being 'family' doesn't mean that conflicts and misunderstandings...
Forgiveness as a Leadership Skill: Enhancing Team Dynamics
Forgiveness is more than just a personal virtue; it's a powerful leadership quality that can transform team dynamics. When practicing forgiveness as a leader, you can create a positive work environment where open communication thrives....
Healing Bonds: The Role of Forgiveness in Strengthening Relationships
Trust and connection are the bedrock of any relationship. They are what keep things steady through ups and downs. No relationship is perfect, and bumps along the road are inevitable. That's where forgiveness is a must-have tool for...
Forgiveness in the Workplace: Creating Harmony and Productivity
Raise your hand if you find it easy to walk into your workplace, knowing the high tension and some bad vibes are floating around. No one? Didn't think so. Very few people want to work in an environment with tension and unease. What's...
People Pleasing As A Safety Mechanism
In a world where acceptance often feels like a currency, people-pleasing behavior has become a common, albeit misunderstood, phenomenon. At its core, people-pleasing involves consistently prioritizing the needs and desires of others over...
The Habit of Over-Apologizing Women: Stop Saying Sorry!
Women tend to apologize for simply taking up space. Have you ever counted how many times a day you say, "I'm sorry," for something? We over-apologize, and this habit doesn't benefit us. It's a reflection of deeper societal conditioning....
Overcoming Barriers to Receiving: Unraveling the Art of Receptivity
We receive everything from information to love. It's an essential skill that significantly impacts our personal and professional lives. What can we do to battle past barriers to receiving? How can we create lives that allow us to receive...
Your Questions Answered!
While doing this work, which I am privileged to do, I have many questions from my clients. Many have universal themes, so it would be helpful to address some of them here! How Do You Forgive Yourself and Take Accountability for Your...
Stepping Into Sovereignty: Honoring Yourself To Honor Others
When we talk about the concept of sovereignty, we may think of something political or related to government. We know that sovereignty is also a term that describes those who find honoring ourselves allows us to honor others. As we seek to...
Love: Making One Out Of Two
Love. It’s a transformational concept. Greek philosophers tell a story of humans initially being of three types–male, female, and androgynous. According to Greek legend, these were not humans as we know them today. They were...
Family Dynamics
Ahh..the holidays. They always bring about some feelings about our family dynamics and the roles we play within our relationships. It’s unavoidable, as more families gather at this time of year, but it doesn’t have to cause stress when...
8 Tips to Help You Step Into Your Power
Did you know that negativity can significantly hold you back in your life and prevent you from reaching your goals? However, it isn’t always easy to step into your power and transform your life.
What Are the Common Warning Signs of Codependency?
Codependency can limit your life experiences. But, what are the signs of codependency? And how can you free yourself from codependent behaviors. Find out here.
Surrendering Takes Courage
Surrender. Just hearing that word likely evokes very different emotions from different people. For a lot of us, surrendering makes us take a leap of faith into the unknown, and that’s pretty scary. It takes courage and a willingness to...
Gratitude: The Choice Is Yours
Gratitude. By definition, it’s a quality or characteristic of being thankful. It’s our readiness to show appreciation and return kindness. It helps us acknowledge the good in our lives. When we are exercising gratitude, we are encouraged...
Boundaries: The Limits Are Yours!
Boundaries. The word alone brings different pictures to the minds of different people. Some people see boundaries as barriers; others see boundaries as freedom. Boundaries with other people are what we make of them. Still, they are...
Living The Road Better Traveled: Finding Acceptance Is The First Step
You can be right, or you can be happy…, or so the saying goes. While there may be some truth in that adage, it's not about being right. It doesn't have to be an 'either/or situation. In fact, if you're looking for better relationships and...
Grief: Waiting For The Shoe To Drop
Grief. It's a multi-faceted word, isn't it? It instantly puts us on guard–expecting our hearts to be pained and our brains left trying to figure out how to make it through the grieving process. It is true; grief is a process, though not...
How Connection to Ourselves Helps Our Connection to Others
As a human being, you’re connected to other people. Even if the only connection is that we are all a part of the human race. There’s so much more to connectivity with our fellow humans if we can only open up to them and walk with them in...
Love/Hate Relationship with My Body
Ugh...bathing suit shopping. Is that the thought you have when it comes to shopping for a new suit? That's mine. Now...before you go judging me or anyone when we say these things, let's remember that it doesn't matter what we think about...
I Wanted to Live
I Wanted to Live Most of my life was spent overdoing. Over working. Overeating. Over exercising. Over scheduling. Over doing everything. All this overdoing left me exhausted, frustrated, disconnected, anxious, and depressed. Why was I...
Love The One You’re With!
When you look in the mirror what do you see? Who do you see? Can you look into those beautiful eyes looking back at you or do you skirt around those eyes just to see if your face is presentable?I spent most of my life afraid to look in...
We Lost Connection.
We took a little getaway that was much needed for both of us because we had lost connection. At first it was not what you would call a romantic getaway. We were not feeling very romantic when it started yet within a few hours we both...