by dmackinnon | Dec 9, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Recently, I got back in touch with a friend I have known since college. She is a born salesperson, and has been in sales since we graduated (many, many years ago.) The last time I saw her, a few years ago, she was commuting about 3 hours a day to her workplace and...
by dmackinnon | Oct 31, 2011 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
As I was sitting in traffic at the Burlington Mall a few weeks ago, I was thinking my thoughts, and scanning the road in front of me. It was bumper-to-bumper to get to the mall exit, so I was sitting with my foot on the brake. I scanned right and then left as the car...
by dmackinnon | Oct 13, 2011 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
A couple of weeks ago my friend and colleague, Master Life Coach Susan Hyatt, asked a question on a coaching forum that I am a part of: What do you do for fun? Ever since I read The Four Day Win by Martha Beck years ago and learned about Rat Park, I’ve been trying to...
by dmackinnon | Oct 6, 2011 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
There was one point during the Rugged Maniac 5K obstacle race last weekend when my mind tried to scare me. I’d been doing fine with the obstacles. Not fine as in, “wow, that was easy!” but fine as in “I’m not thinking ahead, I’m just dealing with the obstacle...
by dmackinnon | Sep 27, 2011 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
I thought this blog would be a place where I would write about “tips and strategies to live a more peaceful life.” So far it’s mostly been about the crappy thoughts in my head and how I change them. Sigh. But that’s okay–because that’s how to live a more...
by dmackinnon | Sep 14, 2011 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Every September feels like New Year’s to me, I guess because I spent so many years in school. So right about now I’m thinking about what I want to learn. And even more importantly, what do I want to unlearn? What lousy piece of advice did I get way back then that...
