In the last days of summer sit back and breathe. Even better have some fun.  We all push ourselves and often people don’t realize that the pressure is breaking them down. This breakdown is often shown through anxiety and depression.  Anxiety is often expressed by tremendous worry over what hasn’t been done.  Depression is looking at what has been accomplished and not feeling satisfied or able to complete what needs to be one. Americans work...

You have a decision to make and you are frozen.  It feels too high and it feels too far and what if you were to fail.  So you choose a different kind of failure.  The wait and see kind.  But it doesn’t feel safe.  Your muscles are tense and your mind is racing. So you stay in an unhappy limbo doing nothing for fear of doing anything.  You even come up with silly superstitious ideas that you will see a sign to let you know what you should do!...

We live in a society that doesn’t tolerate fear, anger or uncertainty very well. And it is supported by our language! People want to be rock stars, masters of the universe and goddesses. With so much expectation I am surprised I roll out of bed in the morning. I have clients that tell me they are depressed or anxious or they need anger management. We use these terms off handedly without realizing the impact of what we are saying. What if you...

When your day is filled with stress the side effects that you feel are feeling disillusioned, helpless, and problems seem insurmountable. It’s difficult to get the energy to care—let alone do something about your life. You keep hearing you had a bad day playing in your head over and over. It’s time to turn that music off. When this wave of burn out hits you find your day is spent on tasks you find either mind-numbingly dull or overwhelming. And...

A lot of us stop ourselves with that phrase. It is a moment of grand regret where we say if only and we let whatever it was slip away because we have chosen not to see an alternative. It is our get out of jail card free. So let me throw an enticing question at you. What if you took complete responsibility for your life? What do you think might happen? Responsibility is accepting the consequence of every action and inaction in the world. I can...