by dmackinnon | Feb 18, 2021 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Recently, I decided to do something scary once a day. Very recently. Two days ago, actually. Today will be the third day but I haven’t done anything scary yet. Two days ago I called the medical school I went to to update my information in the alumni directory. Not...
by dmackinnon | Dec 7, 2020 | Thought Work, Whole Healer
There was a day, back when I was working full-time as a family physician, when I sat at the water’s edge on a beautiful, rugged beach in Maine, trying to enjoy the view and the sound of the waves, despite my exhaustion. As it turned out, that was the only day I got to...
by dmackinnon | Nov 1, 2019 | Healing Choices, Mindset
I grew up believing I should never make a mistake. That there was something wrong with me when I did make a mistake, as of course I did, all the time! The result of my belief was that I felt terrible every time I made a mistake. Which means, I felt terrible all the...
by dmackinnon | Dec 3, 2018 | Healing Choices, Process
Want to get stuck or stay stuck? Tell yourself “I don’t know.” No matter what the problem is, telling yourself “I don’t know,” just about guarantees you will not solve the problem. The human brain is very concrete: if I tell myself “I don’t know,” my brain will stop...
by dmackinnon | Oct 5, 2018 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
I recently spoke to a client, James, who had some limiting beliefs around marketing himself to others, as we all do. He’s an entrepreneur, so telling others how he can help (which is what I call marketing) is an important part of his work life. I challenged him to get...
