Strengths & Personality Insights
Cultivating Your Inner Circle
A full life becomes full because we have created a life that includes a variety of experiences, adventures, lessons learned, and people to share our lives with. There will be times of solitude and there will be times when we need a strong inner circle to help us maneuver the winding roads. Great inner circles…
Read MoreRiding Out the “R” Cycle
We all get caught up in what I call the “R” Cycle at some point in our life. It starts with resentment (usually due to an unmet expectation), a negative emotion that pulls us toward resistance. Resistance triggers anger, avoidance, frustration, or even silence and we then become rebellious. When an act of rebellion doesn’t…
Read MoreBlind Spots
When I was young, maybe seven or eight, a relative of my grandmother came to visit the family farm. She was a couple of years older than me and blind. Unfortunately, I can’t remember her name after all these years, but I remember the day often. She had a Braille watch and typewriter. I was…
Read MoreStacking Stones
When I’m out hiking I frequently come across stacks of stones. I don’t subscribe to the myth that they are created by Sasquatch as hunting tactics but I do find them intriguing. Across the world, there is evidence that stone stacking has been used for navigating land and sea long before we arrived. Often these…
Read MoreWrite it Down
How many times have we been told to “write it down”? Thousands! I encourage my clients to journal their thoughts, fears, and vision for their future. When we go through their Enneagram results the next step is to journal, looking for trends that take us down a healthy trail vs. an unhealthy detour. I was…
Read MoreDoors of Opportunity
Doors stir up curiosity in me. I love old doors, doors with character, and charm. Tall ones, small ones; wood, stone, or iron. Doors that have been encircled by flowers or ivy often create an illusion of being blanketed in peacefulness. Doors with ornate ironwork often look foreboding and conjure up tales from the dark…
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