Val on December 11th, 2008

This morning, while journaling, a new process came to me that I knew I had to post here. It’s called The Turn-Around.
It’s a 15-20 second process that consists of 7 simple questions. The intention of The Turn-Around is to re-direct thinking while having an experience you don’t want to have or that isn’t necessarily good [...]

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First off, I haven’t written in a few days here, please forgive me. I’m back at it again.
Awareness, acknowledgment and acceptance are the triplets that make life infinitely easier. This post will be a little shorter than my usual 1,500+ words, and it’s my intention to make it power packed with stuff you can use [...]

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Back to coaching. I haven’t talked about it in a week or so, and I promised to post more information about coaching, the differences between Spiritual Life Coaching (which is what I do) and traditional life coaching, and how to find a great coach that suits your unique goals, dreams, aspirations and personal circumstance.
To get [...]

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Val on September 10th, 2008

If you read the post titled Confession is Good for the Soul, you already know about A.C.T.S. prayers and why I use them frequently to clear and cleanse my mind, heart and spirit. Here are a few examples of my A.C.T.S. prayers. Enjoy! (When you undertake the A.C.T.S. prayer process, go all the way, holding [...]

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I love to get my exercise by walking outside (I hate treadmills, and gyms too) and I especially love walking near water. So I was in near heaven this morning on my walk around Allen Pond. It is a tranquil and blissful patch of land in my neighborhood with a pond in the center. I [...]

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This morning I had a revelation: guilt is totally unnecessary.
This, in spite of the fact that everyone I know has some measure of guilt about something.
It’s completely unnecessary.
There’s never a reason or cause to feel guilt, and by the time you finish reading this post you may think a little differently about it, even if [...]

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Val on June 5th, 2008

This morning I was conducting a coaching session when an issue surfaced that had been hampering the client’s success in business; which then led her to inquire about the fastest means to ‘fix’ the problem.
During an exploration of her urgent need and compulsion to ‘fix’ herself and her life, we both had to chuckle when [...]

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