by dmackinnon | Nov 7, 2012 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
Which day would you rather have? Day #1: Got up before I was ready. Had to take care of everyone else. Had to drive to Boston in rush-hour traffic. Had to wait for hours to see a doctor. Had to drive home in rush-hour traffic. Had to pick up my son and put him to bed....
by dmackinnon | Oct 31, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell I started thinking about becoming a physician when I was 11 years old. I graduated from medical school at the age of 29. By the time I...
by dmackinnon | Oct 24, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
Once, a client and I were discussing feelings and I told her if she could just stay with the feeling, no matter how bad, it would recede like the tide. “I know,” she said, “no feeling is ever final.” “Exactly!” I said. “Who said that?” “I thought you did.” “Nope, not...
by dmackinnon | Oct 17, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
When I need to learn something (or maybe when I’m ready to learn a lesson), clients show up who also need to learn the same thing. I can see, so clearly, what they need to learn, and then—thwak!—the fact that I also need to learn the same lesson hits me in the face....
by dmackinnon | Oct 10, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
My husband just started a new job, one he’s really excited about. And what do I find myself thinking about? Basically, how this affects me. More specifically, I’ve been thinking thoughts like: He’s never home anymore. I don’t have any time to work on my stuff. I have...
by dmackinnon | Oct 3, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Have you ever had an amazing experience—and only realized it after it was all over? I recently took my son out to dinner. He’s only 2 so this is not something we do often. He wanted to sit outside (yes!) so we sat on a beautiful deck overlooking the ocean and the...
