Millions of people try to resolve all problems with drugs, either prescribed, over-the-counter or street drugs. Unfortunately, all drugs have side effects...some serious, some not so serious, some lethal, some beneficial, some physically addictive, and some psychologically addictive. Depression is a common psychological difficulty. Too many people use alcohol to relieve depression. Using it enhances all symptoms of depression (e.g., sense of helplessness, hopelessness, lack of motivation, … [Read more...]
A Conversation on Soul Coaching with Denise Linn
Denise Linn has been called "America's best-kept secret." For the last three and a half decades she has traveled to the far corners of the world speaking to standing-room only audiences of thousands. Her spiritual journey began as a teenager when she had a near-death experience after being shot by an unknown gunman. The revelations she received on the "other side" and the subsequent amazing healing of her wounds led Denise to eventually become an internationally respected … [Read more...]
My Favorite Films of 2007
Before we look at my favorite films from 2007, I have a message for both the mainstream film industry and its film critics: You have both lost all connection with film audiences. Hollywood has seemingly decided that "quality" now equates with dark, violent and depressing; consequently, 2007 was one of the bleakest years ever for film distribution. To make matters worse, and to illustrate anew the fable of the emperor's new clothes, film critics have fallen into lockstep with film … [Read more...]
Charting the Heavens in February
The Sun, traveling through Aquarius this month, invites us all to be more authentic and daring ...until it enters Pisces on 2/19 and we merge with the divine. What visions do you carry deep within your soul? There is no time like the present to look toward avenues that lead to greater expression.The new moon/solar eclipse on 2/7 in Aquarius calls for the breaking free of pent-up feelings. Creating synthetic emotions and walking around pretending to feel inauthentic feelings is a frightening … [Read more...]
Exploring the Evolution of Consciousness
“What seems to frighten us most is not the thought that we might be alone but that we might NOT be. And the companion fear is that what really terrifies us is not our weakness, limitations, and inability to cope, but the greatness that we suspect lies hidden just beneath the surface of what we are. …In studying orbs, while we are definitely talking of realities that are in this world, they are not physical in any customary sense. So our main difficulty in this study is likely not to be … [Read more...]
We Just Don’t Communicate!
Communication. When it goes well, we feel fulfilled, valued, respected. We understand the task at hand. We may feel that we "just click" with that other person. But when it doesn't go so well, we may feel frustrated, discouraged, confused, invisible, hurt and even angry. So whether it is at work or at home where communication may be difficult, here are a few things to think about.1. Listen. It sounds easy enough. If we can hear, we can listen, right? Well, it's just not always that … [Read more...]
Coaching Challenging Children
Ever wonder why typical parenting and teaching techniques simply don't work for some children? This is the tag line I use when speaking to groups about challenging children's behavior, because it was the question in my mind when I was raising my three wonderful sons, the middle of whom was my challenging child. I wanted parents to know what I now knew about getting the very best from children who could be labeled "challenging." In 2000, I was working as a school psychologist and was … [Read more...]
Unlegislated Love
A friend told me, "Marriage is a great institution - if you don't mind living in an institution." Since February is the month of lovers, let's take a look at what it takes to be a great lover and find great love. The funny thing about love is that the more you try to organize it, the less like love it becomes. As spiritual master Meher Baba noted, "Love and coercion can never go together. Love has to spring spontaneously from within. It is in no way amenable to any form of inner … [Read more...]
Choose Your Reality and Create Your Future
What our clients call "reality" is actually an illusion that is held in place by their beliefs and values about themselves, about others and about the world around them. Someone else standing in their shoes with exactly the same skills and with different beliefs and values would see very different possibilities. Our clients are our clients because their reality is not big enough to include their dreams and desires. Our role as coaches is to assist our clients in expanding their … [Read more...]
Digging for Your Highest Positive Intention Through Soul-Clutter Excavations
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I will meet you there." - RumiWhat is your highest positive intention? Did you know there is one behind every action, thought and behavior? It is what directs, guides and nourishes us. Let me give you an example.A while back I was being trained in a form of coaching called Therapeutic Coaching, and as a part of my training my husband and I agreed to be the class demo for the family and systems month. He and I were having … [Read more...]
Orbs in Media
Book | The Orb Project, by M’ceal Ledwith and Klaus Heinemann (Simon & Schuster/Beyond Words), 178 pages, $18.95 The first book to look at the phenomenon from a scientific perspective, written by Klaus Heinemann, a physicist, and M’ceal Ledwith, a theologian. Both authors, while from disparate areas of study, reach the same conclusion - that orbs are beings comprised of levels of energy that live in a frequency outside of what we can normally see. The Orb Project shows how … [Read more...]
Understanding, Reducing the Risk of a Heart Attack Naturally
The heart beats about once a second and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood throughout the network of veins, arteries and capillaries that constantly provide the body with the oxygen and nutrients we need to sustain life. Like the rest of our body, our heart muscle requires a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood to nourish it. When we have a heart attack (a myocardial infarction), the flow of blood into the heart, via the coronary arteries, becomes blocked, inhibiting the flow of … [Read more...]
Life Coach: Committed to well-being and success
"When you truly believe in yourself and love yourself, there will never be any fear, phobia, or person that will stand in your way of your dreams, and desires to better your life." - Anne Chamberlin CrawfordWhen you read that quote it empowers you to achieve wonderful things. That is what Life Coaching can help you with. Life Coaching is a highly effective process that supports individuals in creating the lives they have always wanted. I have a deep interest in what drives my clients' … [Read more...]
The Great Pyramid
I am going to speak of something many academics have voiced to me in private. Even today, as I write this article, an eminent Egyptologist spoke to me of the fact that the Great Pyramid "was surely not just a tomb, if a tomb at all!" She was almost resentful of not being "allowed" to state the truth. According to standard orthodox Egyptology, the pyramid complex on the Giza plateau are funerary structures of the three Pharaohs from the fourth dynasty, approximately 2575-2465 … [Read more...]
The Truth Shall Set You Free: The Role of Spiritual Direction
Who am I? How do I connect with and comprehend the presence and action of the Divine in my life? What are my gifts and how am I being called to use them? These are the questions that find their answers through the sacred ministry of Spiritual Direction - perhaps the most ancient form of life coaching. Since the advent of human consciousness, we have sought the answers to our life questions, often through the elders and "holy people" of our respective spiritual traditions. The gurus of … [Read more...]
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