When you find yourself in a dark place in life, your worst fears realized, your options seemingly gone - there is hope if you can realize that you are also in the best position - finally - to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You can be responsible for yourself, hold yourself accountable for your thoughts, words and deeds - all without beating yourself up when you screw up. Accept the fact that you’ll probably always make mistakes. Last time I checked, none of us were perfect, so it’s very likely to happen. But, when it does…

A recurring theme this past week has been “accept what is.” I’ve had conversations with coaching clients about this concept and their questions led me to search for a better, clearer way to describe how to “accept what is” in everyday life, because I believe - no, I KNOW - this to be a key [...]

I came to the realization about 15 years ago that almost ALL of my ’suffering’ in life was caused by my resistance to ‘what is’. It hit me one day, that my misery was caused by me wanting things to be different than they were. I wanted the past to be different, but was stuck [...]

Somethings just are what they are, the way they are, and that’s just it…can’t change it. Wanting them to be different is not going to do anything but frustrate you.
Resistance to what is amplifies overwhelm, as well…and when you’re in overwhelm, why make it worse?
If you’re frustrated and overwhelmed, doesn’t it make sense to take [...]