Coaching my client this morning was a lot of fun. I told her that allowing her brain to think whatever it wanted without questioning it or managing it at all was like letting a toddler run around her living room with a sharpie in their hand. And the sharpie has no top. Nothing good [...]
Sometimes life feels dramatic. I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to, though. The drama is created by our thoughts. In every situation in our lives, there's facts and then there's drama. The drama comes from whatever it is that we're choosing to think. I'll give you an example. It's Christmas time and [...]
Life as a military wife has its ups and downs. And I don't have to tell you that there are lots of elements to my life - where we live, where the kids go to school, how we spend our summer break, my husband's work schedule, when he travels for work - that I simply [...]
As of late, I've been trying to avoid buffering. What is buffering, you should probably ask. Well, buffering is what we do when we don't want to do what we should be doing. Did I lose you? According to Brooke Castillo, who runs The Life Coach School, where I trained, this is what buffering is: [...]
I have a manual for my children that I've recently decided to toss in the trash. This beautiful, intricate manual that describes exactly how they are supposed to act, lives in my head. So, they don't know how they're supposed to behave. They haven't read it. I use this idea, of having a manual for [...]
I know you have met a mom who seems to be so sad when the end of summer rolls around and she has to send her kids to school. Seriously, she's heartbroken. I used to live next door to the loveliest girl ever. Not only was she beautiful and so so kind, but she [...]