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Storms of life Today in Eastern Canada, I am thinking about the current weather system  and how it can literally turn our lives upside down.  We can have all the plans in the world but if a power greater than yourself takes over your plans can easily be put aside, unless you are up for the challenge of putting yourself at risk as well as others around you. I remember all those years working as a nurse, especially those years as an operating room nurse. How hard we worked to get ourselves to the hospital even in a storm. Nurses…

I came across this wonderful quote from Les Brown who also suggested that we shoot for the moon and we may land on a star. What a wonderful speaker he is!  “Know your worth! Do not fall into the trap of believing that who you are and what you are worth are dependent on who you are with or what you have. No one can ever give you your self-worth. You decide if you let someone rob you of it. Become aware of how you medicate the pain in your life. It may include food, shopping, alcohol, drugs, or relationships…

Recently, I worked with a client who wanted to discuss her lack of confidence. As a coach I wanted to get clearer. So I said: ‘Explain to me what you mean by more confidence. “ She went on to talk about all the areas in her life where she is lacking confidence. Her children are grown and have personal relationship issues. She somehow took this on to mean she was a terrible mother and she was allowing this to cross over into her work life. She is going to a business meeting with a group of peers and she wishes…

Judge Not Want Not This is a lesson I learned early on in learning the ideas of Dr. William Glasser.  You see at that time I was making judgments all the time. As a nurse, I was taught to judge.  Judge the condition of my patients, judge the work of others, judge the right amount of medicine to give, etc.  I believe we make judgments, minute by minute daily. Without being able to judge, we would not survive So what is judgment? According to the Oxford Dictionary The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:   an…