SELF-CARE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY Real life being what it is, daily or even weekly balance isn’t always possible. If we think in terms of cycles—weeks, months, even years—there are times when we may need to put more of our energy into our work, caring for our...
“Don’t look outside yourself for happiness. Let go of the idea that you don’t have it. It is available within you.” from Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching) When you go for a walk in the beautiful...
How does “The Midlife Voyage to Transformation” look in IFS terms? What happens inside your internal system as you move through the 5 stages of the Midlife Transition Voyage? Stage 1: “ Lost at Sea” is often characterized by a somatic uneasiness or sense of overwhelm...
Anytime we are attempting to jump into something big in our lives, or find that we are facing a big challenge or change, Fear often appears. It grabs us up and sometimes we get so stuck in this place of freeze that we don’t know how to move out of it. This is because...
Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.in her books The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works & The Upside of Stress describes the Neuroscience of Change as “two different selves inside of us playing it out in the brain.” What she means is that we have the opportunity to...
Are you facing your mid-sixties and struggling with what you will do when you retire? Are you feeling fearful about how to think about yourself when you leave your current roles in the world? Are you feeling disconnected and unclear about how to find meaning in your...
