“I just want to get this over with. I want to fix what I’ve broken.” my client moaned. I understood. We all kind of have the attitude: “If I have to do this, I just want to get it over with.” I nodded and smiled at my client, then gently suggested: “I’d want to get…
“I know I’ve been a very difficult client, and I’m ready to do whatever it takes!” my client blurted out in his opening comments. To be honest with you, I’m not sure which of us was more surprised to hear those words come out of his mouth! Although I’m not 100% sure what brought him…
“I never dreamed there would be an addiction in the middle of our marriage!” my client shared in pure exasperation. I’d been seeing her husband for a while and wrote about him last week in my blog entitled: Marriage & Addiction. She’d come with him a few times to learn communication exercises and healing exercises…
“My sponsor told me that I need at least a year of sobriety under my belt before I start working on my marriage,” my client said defensively. “My wife says there won’t be a marriage to work on in a year!” he moaned. “So, what the hell am I supposed to do?” he asked in…
“I’ve spent my whole life living for the next glass of wine, the next comment on my Facebook posts, and/or the next game. Football, basketball, baseball, soccer … any sport will do!” my client confessed. He paused, and I could see he wanted to continue, yet didn’t want to say aloud what he knew was…
“Back in early December, my daughter told me that all she wanted from me for Christmas this year was for me to attend your ‘Designing an Extraordinary Year’ Workshop. I only did it for her, but something started churning in me as I watched the recordings!” my client said. I nodded with interest and curiosity.…
My client moaned: “I’m so tired of the tug of war between my head and my heart! And the war is on stage (with spotlights on it) when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions!” I was totally with him, nodding, as he added. “What on earth is WRONG with me?” BINGO! He hit the jackpot…
“I know you’ve got some wild faith going on, and I just want to borrow enough to get through the holidays without my trauma popping up,” my client pleaded. I totally understood, because I’ve had dozens come through my doors in the past number of weeks saying similar things. Things that matter magnify during the…
“I’d just like for one holiday to be filled with peace in my heart and peace in my home,” my client said in a pleading tone. I knew I could help them because (as someone has said) they wanted peace more than they wanted to be right. “Please, please, please help me get there!” The…
“My wife has always said it, and my adult children have always said…that I ruin the holidays,” my client who I hadn’t seen in several years said remorsefully. “I’m a granddad now, and I don’t want that to be what everyone says.” I nodded with empathy and compassion. He continued: “I know I’m not myself…