Category: personal growth

  • to know thyself

    In this blog post I share Andre Duqum’s year end podcast with journal prompts. It’s exceptional as is Andre. “As for me, in 2025 I’d like to allow what has sprouted over the course of this past year to continue its growth. I desire to be a patient daughter of the sacred soil of my own precious life experience.”

  • a better way. week eleven

    In the event that you (reader) pay attention to particulars, I titled last Sunday’s book club post week eleven, then changed it to week ten. Today’s post is the official week eleven (wink). I’m certain I have mentioned it, but I suppose I find it fulfilling to mention it once again: each excerpt from abetterway […]

  • a better way. week four

    Last night, I listened to a conversation between Trevor Noah and Kevin Hart on Trevor’s new podcast, What Now? Side note: In today’s excerpt, I begin with a version of What now?: I say now what? to suggest that life is continuous. Achievement is growth, and then there’s the next thing. Always. In the podcast […]

  • stingray.

    I really like this card deck. As mentioned, I originally bought it to have available for students who were living in extreme life circumstances outside of their control. In the time spent with the kids living the situations, there was no ‘skill’ to teach and reinforce – their intelligent nervous systems were protecting them. This presented differently for each of…

  • self-awareness

    I am certain that there is no greater skill to improve your general state of being: more satisfied, more in control, more creative, more open, more free, more (fill in the blank)…

  • the frame.

     last week’s blog post introduced ‘the frame’.   ‘the frame’ is not a new and exciting concept. if you spend your day within the mental health field you are familiar with cognitive behavior therapy (cbt)…most likely. if you have discovered some level of emotional freedom from a life coach philosophy you understand the attraction factor […]

  • data. results.

    …giving you an easy tool to ‘disrupt’ stories (thoughts/beliefs) that are not contributing to your own well-being or the story that feels right to you.

  • hack.

    can you be open to telling your own story? no one needs to know the script you create…it can be your own private inner telling of your best day…

  • nothing.

    ordinary day…extraordinary way…what does that look like? better…what does it feel like?

  • choose curious.

    so when possible…choose curious. sometimes you just need sad or mad…sad and mad want to be felt…not thought about. notice it. name it. feel it without telling a story about it. if possible…choose curious when you think about sad and mad. now you’re problem solving…