by dmackinnon | Jan 23, 2015 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
How can you change a negative mindset to a positive mindset? Someone asked me this question recently.
by dmackinnon | Nov 6, 2014 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Self-care sounds like one of those words that doesn’t really mean anything, except maybe as an excuse to be selfish. But here’s my definition: Self-care = I love myself as much as I love everybody else. I count, too. Recently a client asked me if she was sabotaging...
by dmackinnon | Sep 11, 2014 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
One day last week my son and I left the only shoes that fit him in another state. We’ll get them back, but we didn’t have them that day. I sent my son to school in his flip-flops, but halfway to the door of the school he was limping. Luckily, he switches to slippers...
by dmackinnon | Aug 27, 2014 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
I was listening to a Byron Katie podcast the other day while I ran, and one of her statements really stayed with me: “The only thing anyone is ever guilty of is believing their thoughts.” She said this after her caller described how a teacher had mocked him and...
by dmackinnon | Mar 13, 2014 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
A client recently asked me, “How do I get off this roller coaster of feeling so up and down all the time?” I believe the answer to that question lies in our ability to change our thoughts, not with our ability to change our circumstances. But we cannot cultivate our...
by dmackinnon | Dec 18, 2013 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
I watched an old Project Runway episode on my iPad a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since—not because of the fashions (although some were memorable) but because of the behavior of one of the designers. For those of you who haven’t seen...
