Upgrade Your Life

Self growth is the foundation for upgrading who one is. The reason is that when we focus on our own growth we accept the fact that the only person we have control over is ourselves.  We use our energy for our own growth and want relationships that are good for us.

For instance, any one who [...]

Power of Words

A friend sent me a link to a YouTube video on The Power of Words. You will see how by just changing the written words the same message is dramatically changed.  I urge you to see it a

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Since my expertise is helping people make changes so that they can feel in charge of their lives [...]

Relight the Fire in Mid Life

Recently a woman told that when she looked back on her life that her relationship which was once a bright light  now was a  a pilot light.  She felt that there was still  a comfortable connection between her husband and her  but the spark was gone.

I asked her how she had changed over the years.  [...]

Self-Growth and Limiting Beliefs

Have you noticed how easy it is to hold ourselves back by our limiting beliefs?  Usually we are not even aware that we are limiting ourselves because at the time our thinking  seems to make a lot of sense.  It is in retrospect that we might say “why didn’t I do that?”

Limiting beliefs are powerful [...]

Control in Relationships

Being in a relationship makes it much harder to also stay in control of your own life.  That is because our relationships organize us. Let me tell you about Carol and how she changed in her marriage.  She is a college educated woman who decided to be a stay at home mom.  Over the years [...]

Self-Mastery: Create Positive Energy

In order  to be fully engaged in life we need energy and a growth mindset.  Without a sufficient amount of energy it is hard to bring forth our best.  Think about it, the hours of a day are fixed but the quantity of energy that is available to us is not.  How we spend these [...]

Growing People and Herbs

I have been in the people growing business all of my professional life as a  coach, educator, and therapist.  We all have the capacity and need to keep growing throughout life. It saddens me when I see people short change themselves by the limiting beliefs they hold.  I am passionate about helping people  grow by [...]

Are You in Charge of Your Energy?

How are you using your energy?  It is so easy for us to be going through the day without having any conscious awareness of where our energy goes.

Carol had been feeling increasingly frustrated  that she could not find any time for herself.  It seemed that she was constantly responding to requests and demands.  I suggested [...]

Growing From a Challenge

I have been participating in the 30 day blog challenge hosted by Dr. Jeanette Cates.  Today is the last day and I am writing number thirty-one.  This is what the experience has been like for me.

Although the challenge was external I had to make the decision to participate  and stick to achieving my goal.  I [...]

The Beauty of Our Brains

I have been writing about the fixed and growth mindset.  Now I will talk about the brain which really validated the growth mindset.

Did you know that the brain is actually like a muscle that keeps getting stronger as you use it? Studies of the brain show that it is capable of forming new connections through [...]