A Story of Trauma Healing and Purpose to Inspire Your Journey
A client recently said to me: “I just wish I could hear some stories … stories about other people who found their purpose and the difference in their trauma recovery and their lives.” I immediately understood the request, because I remember when I was embarking on the journey of finding my purpose, and wishing I […]
Finding Purpose from the Ashes of Trauma
“I’m telling you the honest-truth when I say this. Just what we talked through last week has changed me in a powerful way!” The husband and wife whose story I’ve been sharing returned with even more enthusiasm about finding their purpose. The wife responded, “It really has changed him. It’s like he’s more present, and […]
How Finding Your Purpose Helps Heal Trauma
“Look … I know I’ve got trauma. It’s just not something that I really ever thought I could ever work through. But when my wife came home talking about finding her purpose, and told me you were going to talk to her this week about how finding your purpose helps heal trauma … I just […]
Why Purposeful Living Seems Unreachable When We Have Unresolved Trauma or Unhealed Wounds
“Is it true that everyone has a purpose? I mean I’m a good person. I try to do the right things. Could my purpose be to just do that? Or am I missing something?” This client had been working with me for a while. She’d worked through the trauma of growing up in a “house […]
1% + 20% + 100% = 10,000% Results in Your Marriage, Finances/Business, & Life
“I was on your pop-up mini workshop, a couple of weeks ago, and my brain is still stuck on that percentage statement that you made. I mean I got the general concept, and it stirred something in me. But somehow, I can’t seem to figure out how to apply it to my life … if […]
Trauma & Wounds We Don’t Heal … We Become, Repeat or Attract Like Human Magnets
“I agreed to sit and watch your workshop online with her, because I could tell you have really helped her. But I didn’t sign up for you to nail me to the wall!” the husband of my client proclaimed. I had to chuckle, because I wasn’t sure if he thought that he was in trouble, […]
The Courage to Love Someone Who Doesn’t Love You Back
The Courage to Love Someone Who Doesn’t Love You Back “Walking down the aisle to the man of my dreams was almost more than I could fully embrace. I loved him with every ounce of my being and had never loved that way before. And I’m convinced that I will never love that way again!” […]
The Courage to Love When Addiction or Mental Illness Is Involved
“I love him. I really do. I try to show him in every way possible. But it goes unnoticed or rejected … I’m weary of the drinking, I’m beaten up by the unpredictability of his bipolar spectrum swings, and he thinks it’s all me. I’m afraid the courage to love is running out. Can you […]
The Courage to Love in the Face of Conflict
“I think she would agree that I brought my ‘A Game’ this week in my courage to love. But it goes straight to hell in a handbasket when we get into disagreements.” His wife immediately responded: “I know that’s right!” I shared about this wonderful man last week in my blog, entitled “Tthe Courage to […]
The Courage to Really Love!
“I know you say that frustration and challenges are an invitation to intimacy. But I don’t get that. And it doesn’t work in our relationship. So what am I supposed to do next?” my client asked in total exasperation. “It takes a lot of courage to come and ask what you’re supposed to do,” […]