Meditation Practice Brings us Home to Ourselves

American psychotherapist and educator Lawrence LeShan in his book How to Meditate, The Acclaimed Guide to Self-Discovery recognizes the aim of meditation practices to be “inner growth and development – to help the individual reach their own special, fullest potential in being, relating and creating” and “doing consciously what would otherwise be … [Read more...]

Person-Centered Therapy at the Heart of Coaching

Person-centered therapy, developed by Carl Rogers  in the mid 1950s, assumes that human beings have an innate drive to grow towards their potential when they are in a nurturing and accepting environment. Premise In Rogers’ person-centered therapy the client is recognized as the expert; the therapist creates the environment that will facilitate … [Read more...]

How Highly Sensitive People can Conquer Overwhelm and Depletion and Leverage their Special Gifts

As a Therapeutic Touch teacher and coach, I’ve met a host of highly sensitive people. Deeply empathic and highly intuitive, they tell me they find themselves easily overwhelmed and/or depleted by others and the world around them. Often highly creative, introspective and reflective, many are drawn to the healing arts where their special empathic and … [Read more...]

Where are You Looking for Happiness?

The key to happiness is to give yourself permission to experience it…to simply be your happy self. Instead of allowing ourselves to be happy, we get busy seeking it out, judging that we have to first deserve or earn the right to be happy and so, we often end up looking for happiness in all the wrong places. For some reason, it seems, we’ve come … [Read more...]

Self Care – Enlightened Self-Interest

Self care, as a personal commitment and practice, is an expression of respecting and honoring the Self. Cats have a lot to teach us in this domain! Our attitude and outlook towards life, the quality of our energy, vitality and general condition will let us know, if we’re attentive, what we need to move towards balance in every moment.  The … [Read more...]

Embodied Wisdom – Your Body Loves You!

Awareness is the greatest agent of choice. You can get stressed by a million different things; all of which act as your system’s information up-setters and distorters. When you are healthy and relaxed, life energy flows freely and unobstructed, through you. Stress, illness or dis-ease are both contributing factors and an indication that there … [Read more...]

Self Esteem and the Power of Belief

Self esteem is affected either negatively or positively by how we relate to ourselves and how we respond to and interpret life stressors such as: Job promotion or being passed over Provocation Financial set-backs or challenges Unfair competitions Injustice “The belief that becomes truth for me…is that which allows me the best use of … [Read more...]

Past, Present and Future – It’s all ONE

It’s all ONE – when you own your past. For when you own your past it doesn't own you. You've accepted it and accepting it you know it and yourself, Realizing what motivated you to make the choices you made You let go of the need to find someone to blame, feel guilt or shame. It just is what it is! Accepting your past, you accept … [Read more...]

Acknowledgement – a Powerful Medicine!

The act of acknowledgement recognizes and honours, contributing to an enhanced sense of self-worth. It contributes to creating an environment of unconditional love and support - like fertilizer is to plants, acknowledgement and gratitude expressed create the context and required conditions for growth. Being intentional about it makes all the … [Read more...]