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Archive for August, 2008

I crawl, you crawl, we all crawl…

Posted in Being in the body, Health and Healing, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I can’t walk right now. At all. So, if I need to go to the bathroom or get something from the kitchen, I crawl. The monkey finds this quite funny and has taken to crawling after me. The world looks different from down here. Everything is so big and inaccessible. I have no idea what [...]

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Catastrophizing

Posted in Health and Healing, My coaching practice, tagged , , , , , , on August 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Do you ever find yourself playing the worst case scenario game? I do. I am actually quite proficient at it! Sometimes I think that one of the main reasons I am a good coach is because I know exactly what it feels like to be stuck in a negative tailspin. I am down with a [...]

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Nurturing the seed of patience, Part II

Posted in My coaching practice, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Last week, I wrote about my commitment to nurturing patience in my interactions with the little monkey. The more I focus on this tiny, growing flame, the more I learn about myself. As I shared before: The attributes that you consider to be your greatest weaknesses are often reflections of your greatest strengths. And by [...]

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Friendship

Posted in The balancing act of motherhood, tagged , , , , on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The little monkey and I just returned from a trip to Ashland, Oregon to spend a few days in a lovely cabin in the woods with Aunty Matcha, Sparkle mama and her two little girls. I had visions of nightly soaks in the hot tub, a frosty beer in hand, chatting away energetically with my [...]

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Nurturing the seed of patience

Posted in Being myself, My coaching practice, mama wisdom, tagged , , , on August 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Do you ever have those days when you just don’t feel like you were cut out to be a mama?  Or at least the kind of mama you want to be? I have these moments of sheer frustration when I feel like I am blindly fumbling in the abyss for a tool that I just [...]

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Happy Anniversary Papa Bear!

Posted in Family life, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I met Papa Bear via the world wide dating web five years ago. I was living in Santa Fe, NM. and planning a move to Portland. We shared photos, personal stories and an easy friendship that had a sparkle of potential for much more. Our first real date, we took a motorcycle ride through the [...]

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Gratitude

Posted in Family life, being present, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I love that saying, Gratitude is the best attitude. Isn’t it true that the more present you are in your life and aware of your blessings, you tend to have more positive experiences? By identifying and focusing on what IS WORKING or going well, you can shift your perspective, open your mind to more creative [...]

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