Help During Difficult Situations

This week, I offer you three videos + transcripts to help you deal with the difficulties we find ourselves in these days. I doubt there is any going back to normal, rather, we are being called to move forward. Who do you want to be in this chaotic, exciting time of transition and change?

How to Prepare for a Difficult Situation

Today, I awoke thinking of all that's going on in our world right now. The collective stress is palpable and I've heard from some of you that your individual stress is overwhelming at times.

In today's video, I offer a simple yet powerful tool to help you prepare to face a difficult situation. Don't let the simple nature of this practice fool you. Play with it and see how it can bring you more clarity and flow. I have placed the link to the document I mention in the video in the first comment below. I hope you find this helpful!


How to Stay Sane in Difficult Times

I awoke this morning feeling the collective stress. As lay in bed, I realized that I must be intentional about taking extra special care of myself if I'm to be able to navigate these difficult times. In this video, I give you several tips that can help you bring more ease and flow into your day. I hope you'll give them a try!


Stop Collapsing In Difficult Times

In this video, I share a bit of my struggle navigating the new normal in which we find ourselves as we live through a pandemic and social justice movement. Change is not linear. It's always messy. We've got to find ways to ground ourselves so that we can give our best gifts to a world in great need. I offer a glimpse into my own struggles as well as some tips that I hope you will find helpful.

Pay Attention to Your Attention

Want to Enjoy Life More? Here’s How

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In this video, I share a compelling quote from a Mary Oliver poem and I talk about how you can find more enjoyment in each day regardless of what's going on out there in this chaotic world. The tip I share here will help you to show up more powerfully for yourself and this world that is in great need. If you practice this, you will feel more alive and awake.

Where is Your Attention & Why it Matters

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In today's video, I want to talk to you about where you place your attention. Attention creates the pathway and action follows, so it's vitally important that you learn to see where you are placing your attention. As you focus your attention intentionally in the right direction, you will find more peace and clarity in your life regardless of what's going on out there.

What to Do When You've Really Messed Up

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I don't know about you but when I mess up, I can go right into a stressful thought storm. Once in that storm, I become overwhelmed and can even become paralyzed or stuck. Have you experienced the same? In this video, I describe a mess up I discovered this morning and how I found my way through it. I will give you a couple of tips to help you find your way through your mess-ups much more easily.

You can download the transcript if you prefer to read rather than listen.


If you are facing a mess up and you’re having a bit of difficulty moving through it, then take me up on my offer of a coaching session at no charge to you. We will spend 60 minutes together on Zoom or phone.

By the end of the session, you will likely have more clarity, feel more grounded, able to breathe a bit easier, and have a bit more traction and ease to get on with it.

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What to Do When Feeling Down

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Life is a roller coaster. We know this but sometimes we believe it shouldn't be so. In this video, I give you some tips about what to do and what not to do when you are feeling down. It may be a little different perspective than you are accustomed to so take a listen.

You can download the transcript if you prefer to read rather than listen.

How to Overcome Divisiveness

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There is a lot of noise out there right now and that noise tends to divide us. I believe that solutions will be found only as we come together. But how can we with such extreme views? I offer a tip here. I believe it begins with self-awareness and clarity. Take a listen.

You can download the transcript if you prefer to read rather than listen.