by dmackinnon | Apr 1, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
For some reason—okay, maybe because I’m working on a big, scary goal—I got the image of me and fear sitting on a park bench. Or should I say Fear? Anyway, we sat down on this park bench together to talk. The sky was full of angry, dark clouds roiling in the gusty...
by dmackinnon | Feb 27, 2017 | Communication, Healing Choices
After a presentation one night, a man came up to me and asked me what to do if you want to be positive but you live with someone who is very negative. I asked him for an example. “Last night my wife came upstairs and said, ‘You left the light on in the basement...
by dmackinnon | Feb 22, 2017 | Healing Choices, Process
Recently, my son and I were 2 minutes late to his karate class. I knew as we pulled into the parking lot that he would not want to go in, even though I could see through the big window that class had not started yet. “Look!” I said. “Class hasn’t started yet. We can...
by dmackinnon | Jan 30, 2017 | Healing Choices, Mindset
In January, I do a lot of presentations on vision boards. I also work with my individual clients who are interested in making a vision board. Earlier this month, I sat down with a new client to work with her as she created her first-ever vision board. She’d brought a...
by dmackinnon | Jan 27, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
There’s been a lot of conflict going on in our world these days. I’ve paid as much attention as I can, although at times I’ve had to turn off the radio and turn away from the newspaper headlines. Thinking about conflict make me notice how I react (what I think, how I...