self-sabotage

What Being Blindfolded in the Woods Can Teach You

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

So, who would willingly be blindfolded and sent into the woods with nothing to guide you other than a tiny piece of twine?  Why a handful of entrepreneurs who know that growing yourself and going outside your comfort zone is the key to breakthroughs in your life and business, that’s who, and I was one [...]

Are You Like This Dog?

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

This morning I heard a really great story told that illustrates ways in which we literally keep ourselves stuck.  Not just stuck as in “what a bummer”, but stuck as in whining and crying out in real bona-fide pain about how our life or business is unfolding. Watch this quick 2 minute video, hear the [...]

What if the Very Thing You Hate Holds the Key?

Monday, July 6th, 2009

What bugs you? Who really plugs you in? What quality in that person really pisses you off? What if I told you that the very thing you hate holds a most important secret to your success?  That’s a pretty loaded statement I realize, but what I know from my own personal roadblocks and from coaching [...]

How Well Do You Handle Difficult Situations?

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Let’s face it, we all have difficult situations to face. We meet people who hold different views, styles, or opinions than us.  We experience unequal treatment or discrimination as a woman, a minority, an LGBT person, due to a disability, or simply because we view the world differently than someone else.  How well do you [...]

Are You Letting the Past Sabotage You?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The other day I was reminded of how just an instant of dwelling on what has past can totally derail what you’re doing in the moment and in moments to come. It was one of those little microcosm moments where something small yields a big aha. Now it is not that I didn’t actually know [...]

Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

That is the very question that bestselling author Debbie Ford tackles in her new book “Why People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy”. What I have always loved most about Debbie’s work is that she goes straight to the heart of the matter and is so willing to go to [...]