by Carla | Dec 27, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences
THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE DECISION WE THINK IS STUPID or ill-conceived made it using at least some of the same processes we use to make our own decisions (the ones that we think are sound and, well, really great ideas). They likely used a little bit of the following: ~...
by Carla | Dec 27, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences
IF SOMEONE DIDN’T INVITE YOU TO THEIR PARTY or that special event, and you’re starting to feel (or maybe already in full-swing of feeling) upset, left out or disappointed, perhaps even going so far as thinking this tells you that you’re not ‘liked’ or ‘needed’ or...
by Carla | Dec 27, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences
BE OK WITH NOT KNOWING. On an intellectual level I think most of us know that we don’t know what will happen with certainty. It’s part of the joy of life, isn’t it? If we knew it all, already – where would be the fun in that? But nevertheless we try to control...
by Carla | Dec 27, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences
IT’S OK TO FEEL DISCONTENT, or frustration, or to dislike something in your life – even if you are also grateful for what you have. I offer this as a reminder for each of us not to judge or dismiss our own feelings, and not to stifle them or think that we...
by Carla | Oct 30, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE – it’s the famous catch phrase of the Borg in Star Trek (well, it’s famous to us Star Trek fans, anyway 😉 ). But as it applies to… ~ what is – right at this moment ~ what has already happened – in the past ~ how we...
by Carla | Oct 30, 2022 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences, Interactions & Communication
A dear friend gave me a compliment the other day, and told me that I HOLD SPACE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE to open up to see and explore different parts of themselves. I was honoured to receive this comment, and touched that she feels this way about our...
