One of the special things about a really great therapeutic relationship is the openness with which a you as a client share your life, the good, the bad, and the ugly. When therapy really clicks there is a synergy that happens in session that transports both you and the therapist to a place of resonance where the really great work …

New Inspiration! In an effort to practice what I promote to the people I walk this journey with, I have moved my office into a martial arts Dojo. That’s right, a karate dojo in fact. The Classical Martial Arts Centre has been my own self-development ground for almost a decade and now it is my professional home as well. This …

An awesome colleague of mine recently hosted an event with the same title as this blog post. I loved the title, and while her focus was on the art of change through hypnotic trance, it gave me a different idea that I wanted to share. Have you heard the saying “Change is messy in the beginning, chaotic in the middle …

I have a confession to make. I have been cheating on Psychotherapy. I know, I know… I’ve been formally trained, in the field for 10 years and I’m damn good at it, and that’s how this fabulous indiscretion occurred.   You see, as much as I truly love the field of therapy of the mind/soul, I kept coming up against limitations. …

Live the Live You’ve Imagined. Seems like a fantastic sentiment. I wish it was that easy to do. But the reality is that most often we end up living a life that we haven’t imagined, but hoped to avoid, in an effort to create a life that other people have imagined or even achieved.   So where do we start …

Change can incite so many feelings. For some it means feeling excitement, new energy, anticipation, joy, stimulation and possibility for what is to come. For others, change feels terrifying, constricting, uncomfortable, paralyzing, strange, and sad at moving on from what has been. Regardless of your perspective, one thing I have learned about change, is that it is all about the …

Happy Valentine’s Day! Happy Love Day! Happy Day! While I’ve seen the usual extremes perpetuated by social media, “Another Hallmark holiday”, vs. “The ideal way to lavish love on your partner”, vs. “I’m single so today isn’t for me”, I’m happy to say that I’ve seen way more emphasis on “Loving your Self” than ever before. Granted, this may be …

  Have you ever heard the saying, “Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver, one is gold”?           I always interpreted this phrase to mean that all friends are valuable and precious to us but are different in what they offer. When you make new friends, don’t discard the ones you had before because …

So, I have all this awareness; I am aware that my body feels sluggish when I eat foods that I know are not good for me; I am aware of my feelings of frustration and the futility when I am yelling; I am aware that exercise feels so much better after it is done, when I make excuses not to …

By now you have likely heard the importance of practicing gratitude in your every day experience as a way to improve your life, boost your mood and ultimately re-shape your way of thinking. The Dalai Lama promotes compassion and gratitude as do several motivational authors, most notably Louise Hay.   So how does this gratitude thing work? Now, being a …