Posts by Barb Nangle

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…

Issue 129. August 15, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If you’re in 12-step recovery, the phrase “entirely ready” might sound familiar because it comes from Step 6. But even if you’re not in recovery, this concept can be life-changing. It is about getting to the place where you’re truly willing to do…

Issue 128. August 8, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Turn your people-pleasing tendencies into powerful tools for recovery I’m pretty sure I coined this phrase years ago, and I’ve used it ever since with clients and recovery fellows: Leverage your codependent powers for good. It might sound a little playful, but it’s…

Issue 127. August 1, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ I didn’t know I’d been living in a state of urgency my entire life. That might sound strange, but until I got into recovery, I had no idea that urgency was even “a thing.” I was so used to the pressure, the rushing,…

Issue 126. July 18, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ “I would die for my children.”Yes, but not at their hands. I had a powerful session with a client recently that I want to share with you because her story is not unusual. In fact, it’s one I hear all the time in…

Issue 125. July 4, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ How to Purify the Well: From Negative Self-Talk to Loving Yourself If you’ve heard me speak before, you may remember this metaphor: negative self-talk is like poison in the well. It seeps into everything. And when we stop the self-hate, the guilt, the…

Issue 124. June 6, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Step 4 and the Power of Honest Inventory For those of you not familiar with the 12-step recovery process, Step 4 is where we take a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. That sounds pretty daunting just to read those words. And…