Communication and Relationships

I have just come back from a fabulous  trip to Brazil visiting Iguazzu Falls, the Panatanal and Rio de Jainero.   While in Rio I had to seek medical care because I discovered that I had a tick embedded on my thigh no doubt brought along from the Safari excursion  in the Wetlands.   [...]

We Attract What We Are Ready For

We attract what we are ready for. What that really means is that the more time and effort we put into being the kind of person we want to be the healthier our relationships become. When I coach people to take action and expand their sense of themselves they begin to attract new people [...]

Power of Internal Communication

Each one of us deep inside wants to feel good about who we are. Simply put we want to accept, respect and love ourselves and have people in our lives who appreciate us just for who we are.

One of my friends had been struggling for years with being overweight. It bothered her greatly. [...]

Adding Vitality to Your Relationship

In a few days I will be in Brazil for two weeks.  Since this is a vacation for me I have decided not to take my laptop along.   However, the beauty of an internet business is that I can still stay in touch.  There is this wonderful feature of being able to predate [...]

Relationships and Communication

Have you taken something another person said to you personally?  I am certain that everyone of us has experienced that at some time. I surely have done it.  It is a rather common struggle in relationships.  Our self-esteem gets hooked and we respond from our emotional vulnerability.  Here is a useful tip to remember: [...]

Self-Mastery: Change Your Response

I have been writing about changing habits.  This got me thinking about the fact that a simple change can produce a profound change in a relationship.

Let us suppose that you want to change the way you respond when you feel verbally attacked. The instinctive response is t o get defensive and lash back.  [...]

Growing From a Challenge

I have been participating in the 30 day blog challenge hosted by Dr. Jeanette Cates.  Today is the last day and I am writing number thirty-one.  This is what the experience has been like for me.

Although the challenge was external I had to make the decision to participate  and stick to achieving my [...]

Power of Relationships

I just wrote an article at my other site: http://www.budurl.com/rekindle.  It is about how our relationships organize us into repetitive  patterns.

Have you ever noticed that after  living  with someone for a while that conflicts and a good bit of conversation becomes repetitive?  I chatted today about the patterns we get into with friends [...]

Effort Makes a Big Difference

The right mindset does not guarantee anything.  It is a great starting off point.  Without effort and taking action change does not happen.  Yet when we believe that effort will make a difference then we are much more likely to take action because we love to experience our personal growth.

I have seen people [...]

Transitions

One of the certainties of growing as a person is that  temporarily there is  a period of uncertainty.  How we handle this “uncertainty” has a lot to do with taking our life forward or staying where we are.

Right now I am coaching a woman who finds herself in such a  transition point in [...]