Brené Brown was on the brand new Katie show last week…she was great in encouraging folks to dare greatly to be authentically themselves. Jenny Lawson, blogger and author…and sufferer of anxiety…opened the door to a candid look at her anxiety through her writing. That took courage. She didn’t want to create a “false history” that …
Daring to “Be”
The start of our “Perfectly Imperfect” group is approaching. I would encourage you to register if you have been considering it and haven’t already done so. Brené Brown has a hilarious sense of humor…sometimes so much so that you don’t realize the power of her message cuz it is almost hidden under the humour. Almost. …
Sitting Well with Regret
One of my new favorite things to listen to while I am running (btw, I’m humbly/happily on target to be able to contribute my leg of the relay in the upcoming Manitoba Marathon with the Bergen and Associates Counselling team) is a podcast from NPR radio which repackages a few TED talks into a group …
My Inside VS Your Outside
“You’re comparing your inside to other people’s outsides” I was talking with my colleague, Gail Shaver, when this line came up in conversation as something she had said earlier that week. It sounds pretty obvious as one reads this, that this would be an unfair comparison, doesn’t it? Not so obvious to live. Have you: …
Discovering Inner Capacity
Sometimes, the best way to find inner capacity is to be in a situation where it is required…and it simply shows up…or maybe it was there all along… So…giving the refrigerator a vacation as suggested by the repairman…nice idea, but not effective. The silly fridge may have enjoyed the R and R…but when we plugged …
Following the Feelings
I have always loved the idea of following a marked trail…the challenge of needing to find the next marker is “do-able”, and leads one on an unknown path…it may be marked telling you where to go, but you only find out where you are going one marker at a time, bit by bit. I’ve done …
Who will love me for me?
I’ve been in the listening-to-people’s-hearts business for years…and I love it. Everyone is different and has unique perspectives and challenges…but underlying so many conversations I have with people is the question, “Who will love me for me?” Who will love me for me? Not for what I have done or for what I will …
The Power of Bullies
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use You have knocked me off my feet again, got me feeling like I’m nothing You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I’m wounded You, pickin’ on the weaker man… Someday I’ll be big enough so you …
Challenge Met!
Very little gives a high like succeeding at something that is a challenge. We have a saying around the office: “Robyn sez”…our interior designer is fabulous…amazing how I can be in s space and not see something that she does…moving a chair here, or changing something over there and voila, it’s better! So. knowing she …
Did a mistake? Am a mistake??
So…who likes to make mistakes…who likes to live with the consquences of their mistakes? Nobody. It’s lousy to make mistakes. But some of us can be really hard on ourselves. I HATE making mistakes. Especially stupid, foolish, expensive ones that were completely unnecessary, and DUMB. (You get that I can be hard on myself with …