Is Someone Gaslighting You?
In the final scenes of, The Girl on the Train, we find out Rachel (played by Emily Blunt) isn’t the pathetic, raging drunk she was initially depicted as. It’s revealed that her alcoholism is a direct...
View ArticleThe HUGE Mistake We Make When It Comes To LOVE!
One of the biggest mistakes that I see us make when it comes to relationships is loving other people the way we want and need to be loved, rather than loving them in the way they want and need to be...
View ArticleJust let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the...
Related Posts Is Life Not Looking Like You Thought It Would? Saying Yes to Your Life’s Work Your Life, Your Choice. A Time of Transitioning Consciousness The post Just let go. Let go of how you...
View ArticleScientific Research and Experiments Underway to Understand the Four...
When I talk to people about the Four Tendencies, one issue that often comes up is, “Has your framework been scientifically validated?” People want to know about the research that supports the Four...
View ArticleA New Frontier for Mainstream Medical Care
A couple weeks ago my company (you may know I have an essential oil business) made an announcement that literally blew me away. Want to know what it was? Well, I’ll tell you! They announced they are...
View ArticleDear Women, Stop Trying So Hard!
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay Looking back on my life, I came to realize that I spent quite a high...
View ArticleCan You Live in a Shepherd’s Hut?
The best way to plan a house on a vacant piece of land is to move into a tiny shepherd’s hut on a corner of the property. It’s not fancy, and it’s not comfortable, but you can probably stay there for a...
View ArticleCreating a Personal Ritual: Sunday Tea with Me
I am so grateful to have a life that is rich in relationships with family and friends that bring me joy, support, connection and fun. That’s why it’s incredible for me to think that just a few years...
View ArticleNo More Pot Luck Dinners and High School Reunions
I don’t remember when it started to happen exactly. But it was around the second year of my loss. I started to get out of social gatherings, events, coffee dates, playdates, picking up the phone. I did...
View ArticleThe Power of Being Positive in Life
Have you seen the movie Monsters, Inc. by Disney, Pixar? The monsters scare children and collect the energy generated from their fear. It works, and over time they collect quite a large amount of...
View ArticleHow to Create Something That Will Sell Forever
Ryan Holiday, stop writing books that are just for me! With “Perennial Seller” you just answered an obsessive question I’ve had for years: What makes something, someone, some product, some art,...
View ArticleBut What’s the MOTIVE? (And BTW, Pure Motives RULE).
Same gesture. Same joke. Same service. Same policy. Sweetly genuine helpfulness…or the way a martyr can manipulate? Loving light-heartedness meant to lift your spirits, or a sarcastic stab to show you...
View Article5 Leadership Traits of Great Leaders
Whether you’re climbing the corporate ladder, building a network marketing downline, working for social change, or even coaching a Little League team or organizing a civic event, knowing leadership...
View ArticleThe Fears We Run from Are the Secrets to Getting What We Want
“Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. Self-pity gets fairly close to paranoia, and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse. You do...
View ArticleWhy Holding a Tarantula Transforms Fear
As the line gets shorter and shorter to hold the Tarantula I panic. I think to myself, “What if she bites me?” “What if she jumps on my face?” “What if she shoots her pokey hairs into my eyes?” I have...
View ArticleHow Daughters of Narcissists Survive and Thrive
Her hysterical sobbing made it difficult for me to make out what she was saying. Finally she said, ”My mother just informed me that she is wearing a white dress to my wedding. She has already purchased...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Get Over It!
My hunch is you are carrying around something that is very heavy and causes you unnecessary suffering. This thing blocks you from the experiences and connections you desire. It weighs you down, holds...
View ArticleHow a Health Coach Harnessed Her Rebel Tendency to Lose 40 Pounds and Boost...
I love hearing how people put the Four Tendencies framework to work — whether by using knowledge of their Tendency to improve their own live or to work more effectively with other people. Recently, I...
View ArticleCompassion in the Eye of the Storm
Of all the human qualities, compassion tends to take my breath away the most, in part because of the way in which it can transform the gravest of circumstances. Nowhere has this been more evident to me...
View ArticleDear Daughter!
This is a letter I have just written to my adult daughter who is continually treated by the important people in her life as though she doesn’t matter. I was up half the night thinking about you. There...
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