Personal Development

Why I Quit Facebook (And What It Did to My Income)

April 21, 2011

I quit Facebook two months ago. Since then, my business revenue has increased significantly. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I know you’re wondering: But don’t you miss out on important information? Frankly, there are lots of other ways for people to contact me if they really want to tell or ask me something. Most of [...]

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My 2011 Goal

January 13, 2011
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Free teleclass: “Enough for Life” by Vicki Robin

April 17, 2010

  Have you heard of the book “Your Money or Your Life“? This classic book on voluntary simplicity, available now in eleven languages, was written 20 years ago by Vicki Robin and the late Joe Dominguez.  Vicki has been called the “prophet of consumption-downsizers” by the New York Times, and is a well-known speaker on [...]

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Can’t Sit Still to Meditate? Try Active Meditation

March 27, 2010

by guest writer Pooja Bhangar Khandelwal You want to meditate but you just can’t sit still? There’s a form of meditation that might work better for you. It’s called “Active Meditation” and it uses physical activity such as breathing, movement and visualization to find the stillness within. This article gives instructions for an Active Meditation. [...]

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Do You Need to Get Angry Before Anyone Listens?

August 19, 2009

by guest writer Judy Toth I’m writing this for all the women with children, husbands, boyfriends, employees, relatives….well, I guess I’m writing this for all women.  (Men–you are welcome to read also.  It’s just been my experience that this is more of a “woman” thing.  More on that later). So women, have you ever found [...]

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How to Coach Anyone, Lesson #1

July 3, 2009

Of all the coaching materials that Thomas Leonard produced in his lifetime, the How To Coach Anyone (HTCA) series of 68 lessons is my very favorite. In fact, I’d venture to say that much of what I know about coaching was learned from these lessons. Although I have electronic copies of HTCA saved on my [...]

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How to Coach on Life Purpose

June 4, 2009

In our BACC coaching classes this month we are talking about the value of having a coaching “repertoire” – a set of tools and exercises that you can “pull out” in different coaching circumstances. You can listen to an excerpt of our class below.   Below are the class notes on the Life Purpose exercise [...]

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20 Great Self-Care Resources

February 13, 2009

These self-care resources come from the Hollyhock Leadership Institute. The Urgency Index Many people find that despite their best efforts, even in work they love and feel good about, they have trouble feeling grounded and on top of things at work. Work is often filled with a sense of urgency—and this, as we all know, [...]

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Who Appreciates You?

December 23, 2008

My first coaching teacher, the late Thomas J. Leonard, declared that we become like the 5 people we spend the most time with. That’s a powerful idea. Consider this: even as adults we are subtly influenced by “peer pressure”. We tend to pick up on the attitudes, language and mood of the people we hang [...]

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