American psychotherapist and educator Lawrence LeShan in his book How to Meditate, The Acclaimed Guide to Self-Discovery recognizes the aim of meditation practices to be “inner growth and development – to help the individual reach their own special, fullest potential in being, relating and creating” and “doing consciously what would otherwise be … [Read more...]
Therapeutic Touch – Mindfulness Practice in Action
April 23, 2018 by
Therapeutic Touch® is a holistic, evidence-based, integrative therapy that incorporates the intentional and compassionate use of universal energy to promote balance and well-being in all aspects of the individual: body, emotions, mind and spirit. Developed in the early 1970’s through the pioneering work of Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, a professor … [Read more...]
Inner Wisdom and How to Access It
April 12, 2018 by
Underneath the busyness of our everyday lives and the incessant mental chatter, we are all infinitely wise and inherently intelligent. The greatest difficulty to accessing our inner wisdom is in stilling the mind and getting out of our own way, as learned from personal experience and then witnessed in my clients over the last ten years of coaching … [Read more...]
Transforming Problems into Creative Opportunities with Solution-focused Coaching
April 5, 2018 by
Solution-focused coaching is an approach to change management built upon the principles and practices of solution-focused therapy. The approach focuses on desired outcomes and related competencies. The solution-focused approach helps people become aware of their strengths and available resources and in so doing inspires empowered … [Read more...]
Person-Centered Therapy at the Heart of Coaching
March 22, 2018 by
Person-centered therapy, developed by Carl Rogers in the mid 1950s, assumes that human beings have an innate drive to grow towards their potential when they are in a nurturing and accepting environment. Premise In Rogers’ person-centered therapy the client is recognized as the expert; the therapist creates the environment that will facilitate … [Read more...]
Allowing vs Controlling – Attitude in Health and Healing
March 14, 2018 by
A human being is a multi-dimensional, complex system of systems consisting of over 70 trillion individual cells. This rather simple representation of a complex system may help illumine and enable informed decision making for improved quality of life. Recognizing that, in solution, a cell can make only one of three simple choices: move … [Read more...]
Stress Kills, if You Let It… Learn to Relax!
March 1, 2018 by
Every living system is equipped with two modes of being – growth or defence. Peace and harmony are requisite conditions for growth. When these conditions are right, the living system’s growth experience has characteristic qualities of flow, rhythm, strength and symmetry. Growth, however can be frustrated, hindered or arrested by stress, triggered … [Read more...]
Imagination is the Heart’s Best Friend
February 15, 2018 by
Balance is dynamic (not static) - a state of optimum health marked by rhythm and flow. Optimum wellness is the felt experience of body, emotions, mind and spirit in a state of coherence – a state of openness, expanded awareness accompanied by a sense of oneness with ALL THAT IS, a feeling of true freedom and perfect abundance. While many … [Read more...]
This Holiday Season, Think: Easy for Me and Easy for You! 10 Mindfulness Tips for a Happy Holiday Season
December 5, 2017 by
If, as the holiday season approaches, you feel waves of anxiety and depression and wish it were over before it’s begun, perhaps it’s time for a re-think. Re-thinking your relationship to the holiday season creates an opportunity to design a happier, healthier, holiday experience – one that is based on your values, rather than on old-time, ragged … [Read more...]
To Love Life Make LOVE Your Muse
November 14, 2017 by
To love is an action word, a verb. When it comes to loving your life what does it actually mean? What is required to enable an act of giving and/or receiving love….to creating a loving environment? How do we know it and recognize love of life as an experience? When we can answer these questions to our satisfaction, we will have the basic … [Read more...]
