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...
by dmackinnon | May 5, 2014 | Mindset, Whole Healer
When a patient was very late for an appointment (basically, they missed the appointment because they arrived more than 15 minutes late,) someone from our front office staff would often come back and ask if we would still see the patient. When I said, “Yes,” as I most...
by dmackinnon | Apr 30, 2014 | Communication, Healing Choices
This morning after I dropped my son off at preschool, I went running. Normally, I wouldn’t tell you that. Why? Because you might think I was lazy, or a bad mom, or self-centered, or shallow, or any of a million other things I have no control over. But I just re-read...
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 | Apr 2, 2014 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
There are a lot of things I want to do in this world. I have big dreams, big goals. My son is getting a little older and I’m going to have more time to do other things before too long. In order to get ready—to be ready—I need to make a list. No, not a To-Do List: A...
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...
