As the World Turns…

When you compare your life to what you think it ought to be, it can be stressful; when you compare your life with someone who is not as fortunate or with the progress you’ve made, you can be grateful.

Re-Igniting Your Life: Going Forward Again

It seems that learning something new is the key to opening the doorway to positive change. People want motivation to move when, in fact, you need to move to get motivated.

Holiday Switch: If Only I had…

Perhaps out of pandemic boredom and meaninglessness, my husband and I watched a movie Christmas eve called Holiday Switch (one of many unremarkable holiday movies featured on streaming mediums).  But this one caught my attention because of the message it so blatantly offered. In the movie, a woman with two young girls and a husband are struggling during the holidays. … Read More

Online NLP classes Versus Live Training: What should I do?

Being an educated consumer saves you time and money. Today, more and more information is put online in the form of courses.  You can even take a driver safety course online instead of sitting through a boring rendition of “when the light is yellow, I must stop!”  It certainly is convenient because I can take the class anytime it fits … Read More

Hindsight is 2020. Or is it?

Was it a good year for you, 2019? I recently spoke with a coaching client whom I’ve worked with for a couple of years. She lamented about what a challenging year it was for her. She didn’t feel like she accomplished much. The same week I spoke with a friend who said the same thing. “I’m so happy to see 2019 go.” … Read More

So, You Want To Start Your Own Business

I hear many people talk about wanting to start their own business for a variety of reasons. Certainly, many people do and are quite successful at it. Not everyone is cut out for being business owners. A lot has been written about it. Here are some ideas to pay attention to and some pitfalls to avoid. Characteristics of Entrepreneurs: There … Read More

NLP Holiday Management Toolkit

Listen to Podcast #26 to hear James and Susan talk about how to make your holidays the best ever! Toolkit Checklist: Create an achievable outcome for the type of experience you want to experience this holiday season. You can do this for yourself or your involve your family Stop living from what you think is expected of you. Do what … Read More

Well-formed or Achievable Outcome questions

What do you want?       What will that do for you?       What stops or prevents you from getting what you want? When, where, what, with whom do you want it?  Not want it?   Do you want this in other situations?   How will you know when you have what you want?  What will you … Read More

The Fallacy of Putting Things Off

There is never enough time or money; this much is said. The fallacy of putting things off is exposed in studies by Dr. Gal Zauberman of UNC and Dr. John Lynch of Duke. They found that future expenditures of time are always psychologically discounted – that is, a future disbursement of time seems to be worth less than an outlay … Read More