Have you ever faced an uncomfortable situation and experienced an immediate resistance to it? Swirling thoughts, high energy and a fight or flight reaction? I’m sure many of us have.  Realistically, though, who has ever had things work out the way they wanted to all of the time? No one…yet we still hope. I know… Read More I Don’t Want To vs I Can’t

I like to be comfortable. I like to know what’s coming next. New experiences seem appealing until I actually have to experience them. Then, the doubt sets in and I have to cajole myself into taking action.  What I have learned, though, is that if I only do what I’ve always done I won’t grow… Read More Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

We all have fears. We…ALL…have fears.  Whether we acknowledge them or not is another story… I developed a truly terrible fear of flying in my mid thirties. It’s sort of a strange thing because I had been traveling by plane since childhood. My hypothesis is that it was somehow connected to becoming a (single) mother… Read More We ALL Have Fears