Instead of stopping yourself from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, here are five other things to stop doing instead: Stop being unkind to yourself. During these 40 days, don’t power through. Don’t allow that critical voice inside your head to tell you that you’re not good enough. Don’t do things that make you feel […]
A year ago, an amazing group of women gathered together every Friday morning (Manila time) to learn how to become a life coach. We were trying to make our way courageously through this brave new world, wanting to help with all of our hearts but not knowing quite how just yet. A year later, we’re […]
I turned to a page in my life coaching notebook and saw these five words: HAPPY. FULFILLED. CALM. AFFLUENT. SUCCESSFUL. Unfortunately, I’m finding myself feeling anxious, annoyed and agitated. It’s only the first week of the New Year and already it seems like my core desired feelings have gone on vacation to a sunny beach somewhere and […]
When I first started training to be a life coach, I struggled with the term. It brought to mind quotes such as “Do more of what makes you happy” or “Do what you love,” soggy tissues, a pile of self-help books and The Secret-type practices such as writing a check with the amount you want […]
In the past month, I have found myself falling into old patterns of working too hard, of not making time for me, of burying myself in busyness. In the middle of all of that, I would ask myself: Is this want I want my life to look like? I would remind myself: Remember how you […]
My counselor asked: Describe the fire within. I sat in front of him, soggy tissues clutched in my hand, trying to visualize what he had asked for, my eyes clenched. It’s a small flame, flickering, barely alive, wavering, as if it can be blown out any minute. I sat in front of him, week after […]
