Posts by Barb Nangle

Issue 87. August 9, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ The incident that landed me in a 12-step recovery was that I hit a codependent bottom. It happened as a result of inviting my homeless friend Dan from church to stay overnight at my home during a really heavy snowstorm in January 2015.…

Issue 86. August 2, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Reflecting on my journey through the 12 steps of recovery, I can see that I previously expected the world and the people in it to meet my needs. I mean for things like validation, love, and acceptance. That seems pretty normal. But what…

Issue 85. July 26, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Marcus Aurelius This is the third part of my three-part series on my most important tools for life, which is learning to keep the focus on myself. If you missed the previous two, they’re Mastering the Art of Pausing and Embracing…

Issue 84. July 19, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Nini from Paris This is part two of my series about the top three tools for managing life that I gained from 12-step recovery. If you missed part one of “Mastering the Art of Pausing” you can read that here.  Today’s…

Issue 83. July 12, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Gary Barnes This is part one of my series about the top three tools I learned about in 12-step recovery. Mind you, I have an entire tool shed of tools now, thanks to recovery. But these three have been at the…

Issue 82. July 5, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Getty Images Since doing the 12-step recovery, I now have the ability to look back at my life before recovery and see it with crystal clarity in a way that was just not possible before. I’m frequently able to look back…

Issue 81. June 28, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Jair Medina Nossa Seek and ye shall find. We all know this is true. When we look for happy joyful things, we find them. When we look for evidence that there is evil all around us, we find it. Same world,…

Issue 80. June 21, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Getty Images In my boundaries coaching business, I coach some pretty high-powered women. There’s an enormous toll on them personally, professionally, physically, psychologically, emotionally and financially. There are many factors that lead to this, but it’s mainly because they keep saying…

Issue 79. June 14, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Ashlyn Ciara We have certain instincts that we’re born with. They’re natural and are supposed to be there. These are things like security, self-esteem, and personal relationships. But what happens for many of us is that these instincts get distorted and…

Issue 78. June 7, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Andrej Lisakov Yesterday a client told me her soon-to-be ex-wife called her “juvenile.” I wrote back “projection.” This was in response to my client asking to have their child’s car seat set up in her ex’s car according to the safety…