The Case of the New Job: Seven Clues to Watch for at the Start
Starting something new? Want to know how it will play out? Put on your detective hat. Clues are everywhere — in the weather, the traffic, the way the receptionist looks up from her desk. As a life coach who reads signs and symbols, here’s my working theory: how something begins …
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Look Up: What the Deer Was Trying to Tell Him
On a hot August afternoon near downtown Ashland, Oregon, I watched a teenager walk within a few feet of a deer, eyes fixed on his cell phone. He kept walking, barely acknowledging the deer. Turns out, more deer were hanging out in the neighborhood. A few huddled by the bushes …
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Ancestral Healing: Patterns We Inherit, Patterns We Break
I coach the person in the room and their ancestral lineage that walks in with them: the gifts, expectations, and unfinished business handed down from generations. Grandmothers, grandfathers, and other ancestors show up in the room. What if the pattern your client can’t shake isn’t fully theirs and belongs to …
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How to Reframe a Traumatic Memory
I swore off ever going to a hospital. My mother’s final few weeks in the hospital before she died were a nightmare of mishaps and miscommunications. Then I found myself rushed to the hospital myself in an ambulance on January 9th, 2023. I had an acute asthma attack and I …
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Play, Enchantment, and Imagination
We went to a holiday market at the local fairgrounds just before Christmas. A magical highlight was when we stepped outside for a moment into the sunlight to see a man dressed in motley and a top hat blowing giant bubbles for a group of children. The children laughed and …
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Four Key Lessons from Art Therapy
During the first few months of the pandemic in 2020, my father, mother, and a friend all died from non-Covid related causes. Then, seven of my friends moved away to different parts of the world to be near their families. At a time when I needed support, key people disappeared …
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Movement as Medicine
I loved international folk dance classes as a teenager. I even choreographed a jazz dance to Sammy Davis Jr.’s “Mr. Bojangles” with a hat as my main prop. And, I loved to roller skate. In the 70s, I went roller skating on Saturdays with my friend Glenna from the Netherlands. …
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Enhance Your Learning with a Meditative Pause
I have a vocal coach who teaches me how to sing, breathe, and improve presentations. She describes herself as an eccentric vegan soprano. I see her as a kind, spiritually deep, singing and breath coach: A talented singer and energy healer. Her name is: Tricia Leines. Recently, she introduced me …
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Will’s Red Coat: The Story of One Old Dog Who Chose to Live Again
I see books as coaches. Their pages loosen old beliefs and introduce us to new perspectives. If a book comes your way, consider yourself lucky. Another Blessing from a Neighbor On a recent walk on a nearby street, a woman befriended us. Her name is Pam. She started talking about …
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Connection & Community
I’ve been thinking about connection and community… We moved to Eugene, Oregon in August. When we arrived, we had a completely different neighborhood experience than anywhere else we lived. Within the first couple of weeks, we met several families on our little side street. They reached out to us in …
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