by dmackinnon | Jul 16, 2014 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
I often use a tool with my clients called The Ideal Day (courtesy of Martha Beck.) It’s a visualization exercise where I walk people through an ideal day in their regular life five years in the future. I use this tool so much with my own clients because it had a...
by dmackinnon | Jul 16, 2014 | Mindset, Whole Healer
I remember asking a new patient I’d just put on an antidepressant to come back and see me within two weeks and again after she’d been on the medication for six weeks.
“Why, so you can make more money off me?”
by dmackinnon | Jun 14, 2014 | Healing Choices, Process
A couple of weeks ago, my friend (and coach) Susan Hyatt sent out an email with a great message. In it, she talked about the great question her coach once gave her: What feels most like love? Last week, after I drove my son to preschool, my plan was to go running. But...
by dmackinnon | Jun 6, 2014 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
One night a couple of weeks ago I told my husband about my morning with our son as I bustled around getting ready for bed. My son goes to preschool two days a week and lately he hasn’t been thrilled about going, especially after his 5-day “weekend.” My son told me on...
by dmackinnon | May 6, 2014 | Healing Choices, Process
A client and I were talking about lack of time recently. I told her that I used to feel time pressured constantly—even when I was on vacation. In my head, I heard a litany of “I have to do this, and I have to do that.” Last fall I decided to try an experiment. Every...
