1) What is the difference between a therapist and a life/business coach? Answer: The best way I can describe the difference is a therapist tends to lead their clients to hang out in the “past” focusing on identifying hurts and teaching them how to heal whereas a coach leads their clients to take a “toe dip” into past, long enough to identify what they embodied in childhood that won’t work any longer in adulthood, to then look at the present and ask “Is what I’m doing workin

Tis the season to gather together with family and friends to give thanks! I love this time of year where people’s focus is on being grateful… for who is in (or out) of their life, the many blessings, the daily opportunities to learn and grow and for deep, sincere love. But have you ever wondered why the focus is always on the act of practicing thankfulness instead of ALSO on the act of receiving thankfulness? Aren’t they both as equally important as the other? When you purp

So you’ve decided to pursue your own business–GREAT! Now what? Here are 5 best practices for the new business entrepreneur to keep in mind w

We all have at least 3-5 relationships we should stop investing in. Many of which are not even on our emotional radar as being problematic. And this is mostly in part to us not understanding what a healthy relationship looks like. If you’ve been reading with us throughout this three part series then you’ll know what some of those key elements are—sharing our burdens, listening to theirs, loving with action, and forgiveness just to name a few. So if we know what to do to creat

If children can be hard to understand than adults are impossible; as we mature, experience life, and take on new roles our minds become more complex. What we gain in knowledge, we also gain in emotional layers. When we were children our needs and emotional responses tended to be straightforward. If we cried or threw a tantrum you could generally assume you were either tired or hungry. Now, we have decades of life experience to sort through as to why we do what we do. So how d

I was thirteen when I had my first heartbreak and it wasn’t even over a boy. The combination of braces, dorky glasses, and being a late physical bloomer made me, for a short period of time, “unwanted” in the seventh grade. My friends abandoned me overnight. There was no fallout, no hideous argument, or embarrassing faux paux. It was just because I was me. And all of a sudden being me hurt like hell. I was hopeful as time progressed and I became an adult that dealing with shal

Ten years ago if you asked me what the four C’s were I would’ve responded with an in-depth look into Carat, Cut, Clarity, and Color—all things a girl who’s about to get engaged would know about. It’s too bad that jeweler’s don’t include a pamphlet on the four C’s of communication as well, considering once you’re married as wonderful as it is to have a sparkling diamond on your finger it will do little to help one navigate the very intense reality of sharing your life so intim

If you woke up tomorrow morning and realized you were 80 years old would you be happy with how you’ve spent your life? Many of us don’t look too far ahead in the future and when it comes to terms of creating balance we may look a week maybe a month out because we’ve assumed that balance is a day to day endeavor. But if you value the last forty years of your life as much as the first forty you should really take a longer look into that future. Think about it—would you have any

So, here I am on vacation… again. “Awwww… the life,” one might say! It’s actually a purposeful choice I make often to go on vacation. You see, waking up each morning only steps from the crashing waves isn’t a bad way to spend a few days now is it? In fact, it’s quite magical… but, also, very deliberate. To purposefully engage in the act of pausing your life, from the hustle & bustle, is one of the biggest gifts you can give yourself and those around you. Yep, you hear