My calling to Life Coaching came boldly at age 15. My dad had been in a near-fatal accident two years earlier. I had to grow up fast, fight my own battles, be my own support system and try to live in a world where no one acknowledged the deep spiritual awareness that was my inner truth. It was this gift that brought people to me with their problems and issues, from everyday family dysfunctions and relationship issues to sexual abuse and drug addictions, as the guidance they sought flowed forth … [Read more...]

A human life is an amazing opportunity to experience physical possibilities, to use your soul's ability to manifest in physicality, and also to grow spiritually. Life is even more fun when you realize you're really the one in charge of your experience! You have choice about how you think about and experience difficult circumstances; in fact, those "difficult" circumstances may be exactly what you need to burst out of your comfortable cocoon. If you don't like what you're experiencing, it's … [Read more...]

I define what I do as "vibrational" coaching. Why? Because you have to ask yourself what proportion of your day are you in "vibrational" harmony with your desires? How much of your day are you happy, sad, eager, fulfilled and satisfied? What portions of your day are you angry, irritated, frustrated, blaming, anxiety ridden or have a feeling of being stuck. If you could, wouldn't you change these images about yourself - by yourself? Sometimes we are so close to the reality that we are creating … [Read more...]

We all need a little support from a friend. Having a structure in place where you choose what your next goal is, a small one each week, and having a coach listen to you, knowing that you will succeed: This will give you the success you desire. You already know what it is that would best serve you, so listen to your own inner voice. Then tell someone who believes in you, and you will succeed. This is simple and powerful. You may want to lose weight, eat healthier or start a healthy exercise … [Read more...]

Me? Need a life coach? Why? I'm very self-sufficient. I can figure this out myself. But I had hit a wall. My life was in a major humbling crisis. In a blink, my very successful massage business of 12 years was abruptly ended when I broke my right wrist, which eventually required surgery and a long rehabilitation. Suddenly, I was left with no income, no health insurance, minimal savings and a loss of reliable, supportive clients and the very work that I loved. To top it off, my car of 15 years … [Read more...]

Not many years ago, I felt lost, confused and had no idea who I really was. I had gone to college, graduated with honors and had a "big girl" job. On the outside, I looked successful and happy, but on the inside I was looking for more. Most of my life, I have had a lack of self-identity. Who am I? What is my purpose? I had absolutely no idea. I searched for any kind of definition or label I could use to define myself. Sure, I could define myself in superficial terms, but I was searching for … [Read more...]

At the age of 42, I've owned four businesses and had three different career shifts. In the past few years I've done a lot of inner work to find the road back home - that road that leads you to the door of who you really are and what you were meant to do and be in this world. Living your life on purpose is the idea that we are all born with a specific job to do in this lifetime. For some of us, the word "job" seems like work, but if you're really living your life purpose, there is no such … [Read more...]

Life coaching came to me late in life. A couple of years ago, I attended a meeting where a coach was the guest speaker. She did a couple of ten-minute sample sessions, asking just one question: "What do you want?" It was a powerful question, one that led me to explore coaching, not as a career, but as self-development. I already had a career I liked with a publishing company, where I thought I would be working until retirement. The Universe had different intentions, as I would find out. I … [Read more...]

I'll call her Kate. She could have been any one of us. We've all been lost in the woods at one time or other. Kate's career was foundering. She had no job, no prospects. She knew she needed a new career path, but couldn't get her bearings. Determined and intelligent, she'd taken a businesslike approach to finding her way. She'd read up on different professions, talked to employment counselors, even graphed out her skills on paper. But she'd come up with nothing. "It's hopeless," she said … [Read more...]

What if I treated myself as creative? What would that look like? I know I have creativity in me. I just do not acknowledge it at times and mostly, I do not see it or feel it. As a Spiritual Life Coach, I have had to look at this for myself and see my clients as creative. The book that helped me do this is Take Time For Your Life by Cheryl Richardson. She says, "Step 1: If you think 'selfish' is a dirty word, learn to practice extreme self-care - put yourself at the top of the list and … [Read more...]