Pause on the Landing.
I was working with a client this week who tends to be hard on herself. She has a habit of minimizing the good she does and accentuating the bad. In ‘psychology talk’ we call that “discounting the positive.” It can look like “Well yes, I did well on that paper, but I just got lucky” […]
The January Letter.
Before I took a job as a high school counselor or even considered becoming a life coach, I taught 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders for twenty-two years. And sometime early on in my career, I started having my students write themselves letters each January. I would give them a guided worksheet with statements and […]
The 4 Ps of Perspective.
Those of you who know me personally know that I love hot chocolate. Love it. Doesn’t matter the time of day or the time of year. I have a ritual of often bringing a cup of cocoa with marshmallows downstairs to my office later at night when I settle in to work. It is warm […]
