To coach yourself into living how you want:
Click here for my most effective worksheet.
Author Archives: Betsy
Pleasure Power
Three words for four days, and you will be changed: “Pleasure is Power.” ~ Danielle LaPorte Not only that, but I hereby whole-heartedly — with zero possibility of being wrong — pinky-swear that you’ll be changed in a way you like VERY MUCH. … Continue reading
Posted in Body Compass, Fear and bravery, Leadership
1 Comment
Rent, Grace, and a Method for Letting Go (for those of us who… don’t)
A good idea As you know, we coaches are big on releasing attachment. “Let go,” we exhort ourselves (and others! in a well-meaning way!)* when we detect grasping. A difficult-to-access idea Whether we’re talking about holding on to something already in hand or … Continue reading
Posted in letting go
Leave a comment
Respect, prospect, prosper: what do we want?
The opposite of respect Disrespect sometimes unhinges some of us humans. We know that individual narcissists become enraged. And some entire social structures promote disrespect as sufficient reason to physically harm another person (and even to have a long-term feud or beef or grudge … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Chaos, Emotions, Respect, Space-time, Thought work
1 Comment
Oh, anger
This week I had a little anger episode while teaching yoga. Yup. I am ashamed even to say that. (Which says a lot about the expectations I/we have around anger. And yoga:)) Email, coffee talk, and phone calls on my recent Emotions … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions
Leave a comment
Mad, Sad, Glad, and Afraid –> Your Heart’s Desire
If you ever learned how to soldier on no matter HOW you felt, then you may sometimes experience these side effects: being unable to name how you feel, even to yourself secretly, getting a false read on your emotions, not … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Fear and bravery, Worksheets
2 Comments
Why don’t I do what I REALLY DO want to do?
I unabashedly adore my “Leaning Into What You Really Want” worksheet because when I want something, this technique works with magical-feeling ease. Except when it doesn’t work at all. I used to believe that those instances meant I was “self-sabotaging” or that I didn’t REALLY … Continue reading
Posted in Desire, Essential Self, letting go, Worksheets
Leave a comment
One kind of fun isn’t…
… but good writers know what to do with it. PS — One of the innumerable little delights on my 4,000-miles-in-2-weeks odyssey was learning about these four kinds of fun relative to time from my son’s camping leader Fiona and my daughter’s friend … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
