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 | Sep 20, 2013 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
Today when my husband came home with our son, he told me that he’d taken him to Wendy’s and then they’d gone to the park and had a picnic. When I asked my husband if the kid had eaten well, he replied that the hamburger had onions on it so my son refused to eat it....
by dmackinnon | May 16, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
I once had the experience of getting some feedback about a workshop I gave about letting go of energy drainers (anything that drains your energy). One woman who attended the workshop thought the workshop was terrible. How do I know? My husband told me. Let me...
by dmackinnon | Jan 30, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Who would you rather ask a favor from? Say you need a babysitter or even, God forbid, to borrow $100? Here are your choices: Friend A, who will interrogate you about why you need a babysitter or what you want the money for. You know she will do this as she always...
by dmackinnon | Jan 21, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
My husband, Tom, left the country and dry land for three weeks. I stayed home with our son. In some ways, life was harder, but in some ways, life was a lot easier. I noticed about a week after Tom left, that I felt good. Lighter. I had more “work” to do, and less time...
