by dmackinnon | Aug 8, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Last Saturday I took my 2 ½ year old son to the beach. I tried to pare down my load as much as possible because it was a long walk from the car to the beach. I only had: My beach chair My son’s beach chair A cooler with lunch and snacks in it Beach toys (bucket,...
by dmackinnon | Aug 1, 2012 | Communication, Healing Choices
I once spent a day with a small group of people and horse whisperer Koelle Simpson. That day was such a miracle. Although at first I was in a pen with an enormous horse who was kicking out and totally ignoring me, by the end of the day I experienced a “join-up” with a...
by dmackinnon | Jul 25, 2012 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
It’s hard to lead when you have your head down all the time. When I worked full-time as a family physician, I had a mentor who I really admired. He was very busy, but he always seemed to have plenty of time. He saw more patients than I did, yet he pursued a number of...
by dmackinnon | Jul 18, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
A couple of weeks ago I was working on a “landing page” on my website for a retreat I am hosting in the fall. It is very close to my heart and I had been working on the page days—adding content, removing content, stopping and starting. Finally, after about two weeks,...
by dmackinnon | Jul 11, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
When I was 11, I read Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh. I learned two important things from that book. Don’t be afraid to write down your thoughts. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know.” Both of these lessons became very important to me as a human being, a...
by dmackinnon | Jul 4, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
In my coaching world, we occasionally talk about “manifesting.” What do you want to manifest in your life? What do you want to bring into your life? After I came back from the 4-day intensive that was part of my Master Coach Training with Martha Beck, I received an...
by dmackinnon | Jun 27, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
This past month I decided to give up sugar. I have never been much of a sweets lover—until I had my son. Then I went on a KitKat kick. No other candy interested me, but I ate a few of those snack-sized KitKats every day. Then, one day, Peppermint Patties became my new...
by dmackinnon | Jun 20, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
I think of myself as a rule-follower, but there is one rule that I find myself breaking more and more as time goes by. The rule I break most often is the unspoken rule that says we have to “be nice.” This usually means, “keep quiet and don’t rock the boat.” For...
by dmackinnon | Jun 13, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
Recently, my husband got home from work a few hours earlier than normal and asked me if I wanted to take off to do some of my own stuff. He didn’t have to ask me twice. I packed up my workout bag and my laptop and headed out the door. My plan was to go swimming and...
by dmackinnon | Jun 6, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
I turned 45 not too long ago and had the urge to write one of those “the great things about getting older” posts. I have a list of 10 things that are great about being 45 versus, say, 25. Not that 25 was bad—25 was great! I was in my first year of medical school, I...
