Stress Management

Your “Non-Financial” Retirement Assessment

As a Certified Retirement Options Coach and Licensed Counselor, I offer a unique interactive assessment.  My questions address the impact of retiring on your identity, purpose, priorities, relationships, and time management.  Most assessments are long and tedious.  This is engaging and exciting! Are you thinking about retirement?  It may be three or even five years

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A Better Way To Accomplish A Goal

Setting a goal is easy compared to accomplishing it.  The cycle starts with making progress.  Then comes the setback.   You engage in negative self-talk (what’s wrong with me or I should have…) or you make excuses.  The goal isn’t accomplished.  You feel bad. As a Coach I help people prepare, set and achieve goals.

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Why It’s Good To Feel Bad

It is Good To Feel Bad.  I know that sounds crazy, but I promise it isn’t.  Feeling bad gives you an opportunity to grow.  People and Businesses grow because they are willing to be uncomfortable.  Success requires living outside your comfort zone.  “No Pain, No Gain” refers to emotional pain. Transitions stir up feelings.  They

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Nothing Matters If You Don’t Like Yourself

When you don’t like yourself you can’t enjoy your success!  You don’t see any light because you are under a dark cloud.  Your negative thoughts are dictators directing you away from positive experiences.  Liking your self starts with stopping your mind when it wanders into dangerous waters. Successful people can be hard on themselves.  When

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EMOTIONS and FEELINGS

What is the difference between an emotion and a feeling?  People confuse them all the time.  For years I thought they were basically the same thing.  Now I know they aren’t.  In fact the differences are quite significant and important to understand. Emotions equal body sensations and thoughts.  They are an intense reaction to an

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