by dmackinnon | May 16, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
I once had the experience of getting some feedback about a workshop I gave about letting go of energy drainers (anything that drains your energy). One woman who attended the workshop thought the workshop was terrible. How do I know? My husband told me. Let me...
by dmackinnon | Apr 27, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
A friend and coaching colleague, Sarah Seidelmann, recently gave me a recorded guided meditation, called Guided Journey To Meet a Core Beastie. One evening, when I was feeling antsy, I grabbed my iPod, headed out the door to walk around (and around) my neighborhood,...
by dmackinnon | Feb 13, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
I truly believe that playing is an essential part of a happy life and, on a more practical level, I also believe that it is an essential part of a productive, useful life. The second part of that statement really appeals to my Puritan work ethic, so I’m going to go...
by dmackinnon | Dec 30, 2011 | Healing Choices, Process
Back in the fall, I started thinking about goals for 2012. More specifically, I reviewed my list of WIGs (Wildly Improbable Goals). Martha Beck talks about them in her book, Finding Your Own North Star. WIGs are goals that seem almost impossible but they are things...
by dmackinnon | Aug 11, 2011 | Healing Choices, Process
A number of years ago, I was looking for a new project to do. I like to do things like knit and cross-stitch, but I wanted to try needlepoint. I looked online for a place close to me that specialized in needlepoint but didn’t find anything closer than the next state!...
