Friday Fragments
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"Friday Fragments" - grounded insights, honest stories, and practical tools to help you stop abandoning yourself and create real internal safety
Issue 180, August 14, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Last week, we explored how unexpected changes can become detours in our lives, even when we didn’t choose them and would never have asked for them. This week, we’re moving into the identity questions that transitions often bring to the surface. These questions…
You don’t have to call a painful experience a blessing to leave room for what may grow from it. Issue 179, August 7, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ My theme for August is transitions and resetting routines. Over the next four weeks, we’re going to explore what happens when life changes, especially…
Issue 178, July 31, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Self-trust isn’t built by always making the right decision. It’s built by staying on your own side after you make one. When people talk about self-sabotage, they often describe it as though some inexplicable part of them is determined to ruin their lives.…
Issue 175, July 10, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Your nervous system and your thinking haven’t been updated yet. Have you ever found yourself reacting to something and later wondered, Why did I get so upset about that? Maybe someone misunderstood your intentions, and you immediately felt defensive. Someone didn’t respond to…
Issue 174, July 3, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the phrases I hear most often from clients is some version of “I have to.” Sometimes the language is a little different. People tell me they “need” to do something or that they “should” do something. But underneath those phrases is…
Issue 173, June 26, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the most important things I’ve learned in recovery is how to have difficult conversations. For most of my life, I avoided them whenever possible. If something was bothering me, I would think about it endlessly. I’d replay conversations in my head,…
June 20, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ 20 years ago today, my brother Pat died. He was 35. He was my “little brother“ (even though he was much taller and bigger than me). He died of Legionaire’s Disease, which only about 5% of people who get it do. He was severely debilitated…
Issue 172, June 19, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Have you ever had someone say something about you that felt was completely untrue? Maybe they told you that you’re selfish or inconsiderate, or they said you don’t care about them. Whatever the accusation, before you even had time to think, you found…
Issue 171, June 12, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the most important things I learned about boundaries came from recovery meetings. And honestly, when I first encountered it, I hated it. It’s called the “no cross-talk” rule. When someone shares during a meeting, you don’t interrupt them. You don’t comment…
Issue 170, June 5, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ How to Create Safer Relationships Using the Rules of the Road One day, I was driving home from my sweetheart’s house when I found myself getting irritated at a familiar sight. There’s a particular intersection where people frequently turn left on red. It’s…