by dmackinnon | Jan 11, 2016 | Healing Choices, Process
On Saturday morning as I was folding laundry I was suddenly overwhelmed with grief. I am not someone who cries easily but I felt the tears coming and I let them. I folded laundry and cried and thought about my loved one. By the time I was finished folding the last...
by dmackinnon | Sep 11, 2013 | Coaching Tools, Healing Choices
A new client recently asked me why she wanted to eat all the time, even when she wasn’t hungry. “It’s a coping mechanism,” I answered. “It’s a way to not feel your emotions. You eat and feel comforted or satisfied rather than sad, bored, or lonely.” My client argued...
by dmackinnon | Oct 24, 2012 | Healing Choices, Process
Once, a client and I were discussing feelings and I told her if she could just stay with the feeling, no matter how bad, it would recede like the tide. “I know,” she said, “no feeling is ever final.” “Exactly!” I said. “Who said that?” “I thought you did.” “Nope, not...
by dmackinnon | Sep 26, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
For the past few months, I’ve been doing a little experiment on my life, just to see what happens. The experiment involves noticing one thing whenever I consider doing something: I notice if it feels good, or if it feels bad. If it feels good, I commit to it, agree to...
by dmackinnon | Sep 12, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Okay, this isn’t really an ode. I just wanted to express how amazingly great it is to have a few hours to myself. My son recently started going to preschool two mornings a week. I’m getting a lot done in those few hours while he is playing with his new friends and...
