“Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity,” – Brene Brown The Gifts of Imperfection This is an excerpt from my regular newsletter,...
“We are all broken and wounded in this world. Some choose to grow strong at the broken places.” – Harold J. Duarte-Bernhardt This is an excerpt from my regular newsletter, “Escaping the Story.” In that newsletter, I go over the...
I wanted to share an article that I was interviewed and quoted in about deconstruction and deconstruction coaching. You can find that article at The New Republic here if you would like to read it, but I wanted to share a little about why I am a deconstruction coach....
I don’t know where I am these days. Church is repulsive to me, as is most rhetoric of western Christianity. I feel completely lost in Christianity . Yet, there is still a presence within me. It is what keeps me sane. What makes me happy, confident,...
I had a dream about Moose (my malamute) last night. We were in some large Spanish or Italian town with steep-hilled streets and high, tight, stone buildings all around us. We were taking part in some older, interesting, Christian spiritualist group like...
Simple Ways to Be Happier #3: Change Your Diet Make SMALL Changes to Your Diet Yes, food really DOES affect everything. Your energy. Your focus. Your dopamine and serotonin. Your ability to think clearly. Not to mention I pretty much feel miserable when I’m...