Posts by Barb Nangle

Issue 139. October 24, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ There’s a phrase I came up with years ago that’s become one of the cornerstones of my recovery and boundaries work: Don’t live into the wreckage of the future. In recovery, we talk about cleaning up the wreckage of the past — making…

Issue 138. October 17, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ How Taking Responsibility (Not Blame) Transformed My Boundaries Of all the gifts I’ve received through 12-step recovery, the most life-changing one has been learning to understand my part in things. Before recovery, I truly had no idea that I was doing anything to…

Issue 137. October 10, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Act As If: The Boundary Between Pretending and Becoming When I first heard the phrase “act as if,” I didn’t grasp its depth. I thought it meant faking it till you make it, but it’s not about pretending. It’s about aligning your actions…

Issue 136. October 3, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One Day at a Time: Boundaries in the Present Moment “One day at a time” is one of those phrases that sounds simple—almost too simple. I knew the words. I even knew them strung together. But I didn’t understand them until I got…

Issue 135. September 26, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Stop Comparing Yourself at Work One of the fastest ways to drain your energy at work is to compare yourself to your coworkers. When you compare, there are usually only two outcomes: Either way, you lose. And often, it breeds jealousy, envy, or…

Issue 134. September 19, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ We’ve all been told the same story: if you want to get ahead, you need more degrees, more experience, more credentials. But my own career tells a very different story. I’ve landed multiple roles where, on paper, I was “the least qualified.” How…

Issue 133. September 12, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the biggest paradigm shifts of my recovery—and my life—was realizing how much I lived in a victim mentality. For years, I didn’t see it in myself. I could spot it in others instantly (and rush in to rescue them), but I…

Issue 132. September 04, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ I had a realization recently that stopped me in my tracks: honesty requires trust. At first, I thought about trust in others. But the more I sat with it, the more I realized this: I can only be honest when I trust myself.…

Issue 131. August 29, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Back-to-school season can stir up all kinds of feelings. Whether you are a parent juggling schedules, a teacher preparing for a new year, or a professional adjusting to the post-summer rush, this time of year often exposes old habits: over-giving, people-pleasing, and waiting…

Issue 130. August 22, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ The back-to-school season can feel like a reset button. Even if you don’t have kids at home, there’s something about September that stirs up a sense of new commitments, new expectations, and often… old patterns. That’s why this is the perfect time to…