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How to Stay Calm in the Storm

We all know 2020 is about the craziest year ever…

Astrologers will tell you they’ve never seen anything like it. And, according to my favorite astrologer, November is going to be the most intense, and possibly violent, month of the year. Ugh.

We are on the eve of the most contentious election in US history as I write this. Is anyone feeling a little anxiety or perhaps some battle fatigue?

How do we cope with this when it feels like everything we thought we could count on now appears to be made out of a stack of cards and we don’t know who to trust?

Not only is the world looking a bit fragile, but many of us are feeling it in our own personal lives. People and situations we thought we could count on may not be looking so certain after all. The stress of life in quarantine is massive for many and, unfortunately, the collateral damage is staggering.

Since the end of this, shall we say—instability—is nowhere in site, we need to learn how to rise to the occasion and navigate this as best as possible.

What are some basic strategies we can use?

A Great Transformation is Happening…

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Today is July 4th. A date that has historically marked the birth of a nation and great hope for the future.

Yet, this July 4th is unlike any other. Our lives are currently full of constriction, anxiety and uncertainty about what is going on and who to believe and trust.

We are living in unprecedented times.

The speed now at which things are happening is head-spinning and mind-boggling. It’s a challenge to keep up…

Many of us healers feel we have been preparing for these days for a lifetime. We could feel something coming…for years. Perhaps most everyone could. It all makes sense now.

Don’t kid yourself…Life as we knew it is over.

Something better may be coming if we do this right. If we don’t, I fear what life will look like in the years to come.

We must all stay aware and conscious now. There is no more time to numb out, go to sleep and avoid the issues in our lives that we are here to transform and heal.

This is about more than a virus, inequality, misogyny, racism, police brutality, the economy, politics, fear, deception and whatever else we are facing on any given day.

Whatever problems are “out there” originate from what’s unhealed inside each and every one of us.

Rough Times Ahead?

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I think most of us would agree, it’s been a bumpy ride this year globally, nationally and individually for many of us.

I believe our consciousness has a lot to do with the circumstances surrounding us. Many of us have been asleep and unconscious for a long time.

We have unwittingly participated in creating the mess.

It’s time to wake up.

There’s no more time for apathy, avoidance, denial and procrastination. We can’t keep thinking someone else will take care of the problems. We are largely in the position we are in because of our narrow-sightedness and unwillingness to pay attention to what is happening in our personal lives and the collective as a whole.

Hence, here we are. Rough times ahead?

No doubt.

But, how rough it gets will depend somewhat on how we handle ourselves in the storm. This is true in life’s daily struggles as well as with the larger global events.

What it Feels Like to Grow

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One of the most common phrases I hear people say when we discuss steps to change their life is, “That’s hard…!”

I often respond by saying, “What you are doing now is hard!”

Yeah, sorry…growth is often hard. That’s the truth. I won’t sugar coat it or lie…

I won’t waste your time or money promising quick fixes and easy solutions to most of life’s challenges and problems.

I’ve been around long enough to know there are no quick fixes and no real shortcuts to sustained growth and transformation.

I don’t do bandaid therapy or superficial life coaching. I haven’t found it to work. What works is the true grit of deep self-determination, self-confrontation and the courage to do what it takes to move through blocks and fears.

I have seen people work miracles in their lives when they stick with it. It is often my most down and out client who surprises me the most with the transformation they make. People amaze me. You never know what guts they have.

Get Coached by One of Denver’s “Top 20 Life Coaches”

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“Spend more time focused upon your dream than upon your reality. The reality gives birth to the dream…but the dream is where you want to put your attention.” ABRAHAM

I am proud to say that I was recently chosen as one of Denver’s “Top 20 Life Coaches” by the national website expertise.com. This is after recently moving to Denver and only being in practice here for a little over one year.

In the past 1 1/2 years, I have completely transformed my life and I want to help you do that, too!

During this time, I moved across country, opened a new holistic psychotherapy and life coaching business and created a busy practice within 6 months. (I was told by colleagues this would be impossible…) I purchased a place to live with a home office to see clients which has been a longtime dream. I’ve met new friends and created a whole new life.

Was it easy? Not by a long shot! It was a risky decision to leave a busy practice in Providence, RI, and start all over in my 50’s. Taking on this venture required me to use every coaching tool that I have spent the last 20 years perfecting and teaching my clients. I now know without a shadow of a doubt that my coaching tools work! When they are utilized consistently, not only do they work, but magical, unexpected things happen…(like being chosen as one of Denver’s “Top 20 Life Coaches”.)