“I’ve lost all hope. And… distraught is a weak word to describe what I feel. The thread I’m hanging onto is raveling… and seriously fast! I know that all sounds dramatic, but I can’t seem to find anyone who understands or hears my desperation.” Her tone, her tears, her body language spoke louder than her…
“I have this deep, whiny, pitiful, longing deep within,” my client confessed. It was almost as if he’d memorized it from a movie script. However, he stopped abruptly with a direct order, “Don’t you dare tell my wife any of this!” Before I could assure him of confidentialities he continued with the script. “I’m pretty…
“Why is the pain and misery back? I did all the work in your Surviving to Thriving workshop about 8 years ago. Things went well for a while. But now it’s back. What am I supposed to do? I cannot tell you how much I hate this!” I leaned in with understanding and resisted any…
“Just doing the prep work has diminished misery and suffering in my life. But it still shows up way too often…you promised me we could expect it to go, and I’m ready! And my wife is MORE than ready!” I smiled and nodded as I proclaimed, “I am sure she is more than ready! You…
“Suffering and misery. Those are the only two switches that I have in my life. I just can’t do it anymore!” So many people come to my office with the words “suffering” and “misery” as their life descriptors. It’s absolutely heartbreaking to hear. But it is so very real for those who experience it. “I…
“My coworker told me that I was going to be adrift and lost at sea for another year if I don’t do your program.” I had to laugh and say, “I don’t know who your coworker is, but I promise that I did not pay her to do any marketing for me!” She looked almost…
“It’s killing me reading week after week about how couples come back together. Why can’t it happen for me? Or for us?” Although seeing someone on the zoom screen is not the same as sitting across from someone in my office, it took no great analysis skills to see I was speaking to a man…
“The words ‘whatever it takes’ have given me chest pains and burning in my gut since I read your blog about the pro athlete who was willing to do ‘whatever it takes’ to restore his marriage.” With curiosity, I asked her what made that phrase so disturbing? “I’m not really sure. It’s like I have…
“There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that you’ll advance here in this company. Your worldview is not your friend, and it makes you your own worst enemy.” My new client’s dismay was evident as he shared his annual review results with me. “I was too embarrassed to tell him that I didn’t even know…
“Here I am … I’m supposed to be this great role model, and now I’ve messed it all up and turned my world upside down.” Head down, he paused to gather his emotions and then said, “I guess I won’t be speaking to any more young people, and I’m sure the media will have a…