Friday Fragments

Issue 106. January 3, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Have you ever mistaken familiarity for comfort? Many of us live in patterns that feel “comfortable” simply because they’re familiar—but are they truly comforting? Comfortable vs. Comforting: What’s the Difference? I’ve had a lot of patterns and dysfunctional behaviors that were comfortable because…

Issue 105. December 27, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ This image was inspired by management guru Stephen Covey who introduced the concept of Circles of Concern versus Circles of Control. I love it for so many reasons, including that it’s really helpful for visual learners. If you want to live your life…

Issue 104. December 20, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Most of us have heard by now that there’s a difference between our intentions and the impact of our behavior. If you break someone’s leg because you were trying to help them move a ladder, they don’t really care that you were “just…

Issue 103. December 13, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Most of us spend a lot of time wishing others would change. We feel frustrated, powerless, and stuck when they don’t. But what if the real key to change lies not in them, but in us? The way to change other people’s behavior…

Issue 102. December 6, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ What if I told you that I spent most of my life afraid—without even realizing it?  I was mainly afraid of being judged by other people, and perhaps rejected or abandoned. But I’ve discovered something that changed my perspective: I am flawed—and that’s…

Issue 101. November 28, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If Thanksgiving didn’t go the way that you wanted it to this year because you ended up doing things you didn’t really want to do. Perhaps you… The rest of the holiday season doesn’t have to go that way. In fact, your life…

Issue 100. November 22, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ There’s a Chinese proverb I heard years ago which I thought I understood when I first heard it. Recovery showed me that  I only understood it intellectually, not emotionally. Here it is: “It’s easier to put slippers on your feet than to carpet…

Issue 99. November 15, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If you’re dreading the holidays because you end up doing things you’re not really interested in doing, or going places you don’t really want go, or exchanging gifts when you don’t feel like it – I’ve got some good news for you! You…

Issue 98. November 1, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ “Just because you think something doesn’t mean it’s true.” This was a revelation to me when I got into recovery. Not only was that notion surprising, but the fact that I’d been doing some kind of personal development work for over 30 years…

Issue 97. October 25, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Your Intentions should matter to YOU because they impact your integrity. But they DON’T matter to others if the impact of your behavior on them is negative. Why your intentions matter to you.  Let’s say you’re doing something because you want someone to…