I was new to pro-am dancing and was in a group class, learning the basics of Night Club Two-Step. I always dreaded stepping in with a partner to learn the basics. I was sure to step on some toes! But...
“Well, if everyone is having such extraordinary years, let me hear some stories so that I can drag my ‘backside’ to the starting line!” And no, my client did not use the word “backside!” But he had...
I was literally doing some kind of funky dance. It was the first year that I had planned an “extraordinary year.” I had achieved my major goal and marked it off my list. It was only...
“Well, you have just ruined the way I do my life!“ was my tearful response to what my mentor had just said to me. “You can certainly choose not to plan your life, but if you don’t, we call that...
“Please! Me! Please, please, please!” The village children, with an eagerness bordering on desperation, pleaded for the gifts I had for them. You see, I had just come down from summiting...
“I don’t know how to reach you,“ I whispered in tears. The person on the screen in front of me said, “I have no idea what you mean!“ It was an excruciatingly painful moment. I was in the midst of...
“I don’t even really want to be alive! I’ve lost everything that really matters to me, and I cannot imagine things getting worse!“ When I said that to my mentor and coach, wasn’t she supposed to say...
“Why don’t you stay here and enjoy the fire and let someone else do this?“ Little did he know that the fire that was driving me was not the fire in the fireplace. It was the fire in my belly and...
“Please pull the car over immediately,” I said with some urgency. I was frantically searching my purse. The driver pulled into a parking lot. I hopped out and ran 2 1/2 blocks back to the...
