Friday Fragments

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…

Issue 96. October 18, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If other people are to blame for everything that’s wrong in your life, you’re screwed! That would mean you have no options. I don’t believe that. When we realize that others are not to blame for the difficulties of our lives, we can…

Issue 95. October 11, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ I used to be confused about the difference between intensity and intimacy. I’m guessing some of you are too. I never had true intimacy with anyone before recovery, but I had lots of intense relationships. I mistook that intensity for intimacy. I’m pretty…

Issue 94. October 4, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Why Telling the Truth Scared Me—And How It Healed Me Telling the truth can be really scary sometimes, especially if you’ve been dishonest for much of your life. Given my history of addiction, compulsion, obsession, mental health problems, and growing up in a…

Issue 93. September 27, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Below are profiles of the different types of personalities I see in my work as a boundaries coach. I tend to work with professional women, so these are profiles of professional women. See if you can spot which one of these employees you…

Issue 92. September 20, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Black-and-white thinking is a common pattern for people whose lives are chaotic, and/or who have unhealthy boundaries, addiction, compulsion, and/or obsession. This is sometimes referred to as “all or nothing” thinking or “either/or” thinking. That is, there’s no gray area, things are either…