If I had an accountability coach, would that help me stick with a weight loss plan? Theoretically, yes. Accountability coaches can be extraordinarily helpful. But, for me, hiring one at this point seems counterproductive. Why? Because an accountability coach cannot… Read More »Do I Need an Accountability Coach? Or is Self-Respect Enough?
The theory behind this weight loss journal has to do with the power of questions. Asking the right questions draws out the right answers. It’s as simple as that. Coming up with the right questions is the hard part but… Read More »Weight Loss Journal – Will to Live
Yes, you are getting in your own way. It’s called self-sabotage. Stopping the madness is easy. Stop doing what hurts you Start doing what helps you As simple as these two rules are, you may not feel able to follow… Read More »Getting out of your own way is easy but you don’t really want to
I know you had a difficult childhood. And your marriage and divorce, custody battle, estrangement from your kids, toxic ex-wife, belligerent step-son…none of that is easy. It’s been hard on you. But are you really giving up on yourself? You… Read More »Are you really giving up on yourself?
My passive-aggressive behavior shows up when I agree to things and then don’t follow through. It goes like this: Other: Will you do this? Me: Yes Other: Ok thanks! Me: I am still going to do whatever I feel like… Read More »The Inner Conflict that Creates Passive-Aggressive Behavior
When your health is pretty far gone (way overweight, with various and sundry symptoms of god knows what) there may be hope if you make health your number one priority in life. Let’s discuss how to make health #1. What… Read More »How to Make Health the Number One Priority in Life
An anxious-attachment type approaches her avoidant partner. The anxious attachment type is there to have a heart-to-heart about boundaries. Boundaries. Separation. Let’s talk, shall we? The deviant avoidant attachment type is ready and attentive. Let’s do this! The anxious attachment… Read More »If you only knew what devious avoidants do to anxious attachment types
Every family has a style, a story that justifies its existence. Some families are intellectual. Others are tough, hard-working, or rooted in a specific cluster of beliefs. Every family is a tribe with its own story. Family members are expected… Read More »Do you want something that conflicts with your family story?
A lot of posts about the various types of life coaching focus on the area or niche in which the coach specializes. You have mindfulness coaches, relationship coaches, executive coaches, life coaches, and so on. However, it’s more useful to… Read More »Six Types of Life Coaching
Dear Uniquely Broken, Do you believe at some level that you are uniquely broken as a person? It feels like you embody a fundamental flaw that colors your entire life. It goes where you go, lurking in the backdrop of… Read More »Uniquely Broken
