by dmackinnon | Apr 23, 2014 | Healing Choices, Process
Last week, I wore one of my husband’s running shirts while I was painting. I got paint on it and it didn’t come out when I washed it. It turned out to be the Finisher T-shirt from his first marathon. He was not happy about it. I apologized, sincerely, and told him I...
by dmackinnon | Dec 12, 2013 | Healing Choices, Process
A client recently told me, “I have to stop giving my power away.” Then she asked me how to do that. “Awareness is the first step,” I answered. The same day, another client told me, “Every year I have such high hopes for the holidays, and then it all goes to hell.”...
by dmackinnon | Oct 23, 2013 | Healing Choices, Process
This morning, I brushed my teeth with hand cream. Not cool, Diane. Nor is it helpful, as the hand cream has the opposite effect I was going for—clean, sparkly teeth? No, just dull and pasty. Yuck. Anyway, when I do things like this I take it as a sign: A sign that I’m...
by dmackinnon | Aug 15, 2013 | Healing Choices, Process
I once read a story where someone was in a “Pay It Forward” kind of mood and left notes on six different windshields in a parking lot. The person who left the messages had no connection to anyone who owned the cars. It was a completely random act of kindness, or so...
by dmackinnon | Aug 7, 2013 | Healing Choices, Process
A recent conversation with a good friend reminded of the amazing book, You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise L. Hay. I read the book years ago, and had forgotten all the great information about the mind-body connection in the second half of the book (or maybe I never got...
by dmackinnon | Jul 31, 2013 | Healing Choices, Process
I recently spoke to a group about decision-making. At the beginning of the talk, I asked people to get into groups of two and discuss a time when they had made a good decision and why they thought they had been able to make such a good decision. I partnered with one...
