Taking action on procrastination
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” Mark Twain quipped. But the struggle that many people experience with procrastination is anything but funny. Procrastination takes a variety of forms: delaying starting an important task; getting half-way with a project then not being able to complete it; becoming bogged down…
Finding love… when you don’t have a map
Ahhh, love! Everybody wants to find it, but many of us don’t quite know where to look. We may find ourselves blindly following the path that everybody else seems to be on, only to discover that it doesn’t lead to the place we expected it to (cue that legendary Talking Heads song ‘Once in a…
The power of taking back your power
‘Catherine’ is a delightful woman in her late 50s, with whom I’ve been working for quite some time. She is a breast cancer survivor, and like many people who’ve been on the cancer roller coaster, she took her illness as an indicator that it was time to change her life direction, and do what she…
Healing your relationship with your parents – even if they’re no longer with you
Joseph came to see me after finding a suspicious lump, in a location where he had previously had a benign tumour. He was awaiting a diagnosis, but his doctor was concerned that Joseph had cancer, and Joseph himself was deeply worried. He told me that ever since he had found the lump, he had a…
Delete your failure program
If you’ve ever read a self-help book, you know the importance of setting goals. All self-improvement gurus, coaches and trainers encourage the setting of goals, in order to focus you on what you really want and maintain your momentum in moving toward it. But what if setting a goal triggers your ‘failure program’? Many people…
Plant-based diet planning
Are you vegetarian or vegan, and concerned that your diet might not be providing you with everything you need? Are you thinking of going veg, but have some worries or fears about it? Are you wondering whether you can have a healthy vegetarian or vegan pregnancy, baby and child? Has your child decided to go…
The right way to lose weight
Are you sick and tired of the diet merry-go-round? Are you confused by all the contradictory dietary advice out there? Have you ‘tried it all’… but you’re still struggling with your weight? Then read on – I have some good news for you! High-carb, low-fat diet/high-fat, low-carb diet/high-protein, low-carb diet/blood type diet/meal replacement shakes/fat blocking…
Top 7 tips for getting children to eat healthy foods
As I talk to other parents and observe the media, I often wonder to myself When did it become normal for kids to be so SICK???? I’m constantly amazed (and horrified), when parents bring me a child who’s had 10 courses of antibiotics by the age of 3; who is on daily medications; who is…
Resolving trauma
Did you suffer, or fear that you would suffer, abandonment (either physical or emotional) by your parents when you were a child? Have you experienced a serious accident, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, mugging, a natural disaster, armed combat, or being diagnosed with a potentially fatal illness? Have you been in a situation where…
Beating procrastination
“I’ll get around to it one day…” “I know I should, but I just can’t get started.” “Every time I think of doing it, I just freeze.” “I find a million other things to do, rather than doing ‘it’.” Do any of these statements ring true for you? Procrastination is an all-too-familiar problem for many…