Thoughts on the 8th Anniversary of Trevor’s Suicide

Thoughts on the 8th Anniversary of Trevor’s Suicide

Tomorrow (January 29, 2020) will be 8 years since Trevor died of suicide at the age of 17. As I'm writing this I'm thinking about how AMAZING my life has been and how many changes I've made in the past 8 years. I'd say the first 2-3 years I felt pretty stuck and...

What to do with Criticism, and How I Experienced It Lately

Recently, I let some criticism get to me….and I decided to make a vulnerable video about it and what I learned from it. If you have criticism in your life, or someone is saying things to you that are making you feel hurt, this video will help. ...
The Similarities between My Personal Trainer and Life Coaching

The Similarities between My Personal Trainer and Life Coaching

The Decision Last month I decided to get serious about my health. I will be turning 50 next summer, and somehow that number really has me thinking about my future more than ever before. Who do I want to be in my 50's and how do I want to feel in my body? So, I hired a...
How I found Happiness Again after Trevor’s Suicide

How I found Happiness Again after Trevor’s Suicide

I was talking with a fellow Mom on her FREE call recently and noticed that she has this belief that has created a lot of misery in her life for the past several years The belief is “There's no way I can possibly be happy again”. She's not alone in thinking...
I Wish Freedom For You Too….

I Wish Freedom For You Too….

FREEDOM This word is everywhere at this time of year. I started to think about what it really means to me as a Mom who lost a son to suicide. First, I looked up the definition. According to Merriam-Webster: A quality or state of being free: such as  1. the absence of...
First Steps to Happiness Even When You Don’t Feel Deserving

First Steps to Happiness Even When You Don’t Feel Deserving

“It feels like I’m betraying my child if I start to think about being happy again”. “I don’t deserve happiness”. These statement have been made by many of my clients in different ways during coaching sessions. And, it seems like the noble thing to think. It seems like...