Posts Tagged "fear"
Loss or Security – Which Is More Real to You?
Feelings are important guides for personal growth. When you hold an adaptive belief (a belief that was important for your survival as a child but no longer serves you), feelings arise that you cannot miss because they are always the ones you don't like. Recently I have been examining my need for safety and uncovering just how insecure I feel in life, so it's no surprise that feelings of...
Read MoreOvercoming Fear Of Needles
In the April 2014 issue of the Playful Parenting Newsletter, Dr. Lawrence Cohen included a powerful story from a mom in California. Her story, reprinted here with Dr. Cohen's permission, demonstrates what can be achieved when you trust your child to direct his or her play. When put in the lead, children set exactly the right level of challenge for growth. "My 7-year-old son L. needed to get his...
Read MoreFreedom From “Life Lessons”
Remember the little girl who started all this (Language of Listening®) way back at age four when she had a problem at her preschool and then suddenly couldn't leave my leg? And I sought help from an internationally known play therapist, Dr. Garry Landreth, because she was only a few months away from starting Kindergarten? By age 26, here's how the world seemed to Colleen as voiced during her...
Read MoreFear to Fun in 5 Steps
Fear! It started with a marketing campaign I launched for our handbook, SAY WHAT YOU SEE®. I was fine putting something up on the website, but the idea of marketing by putting myself out there made me want to run away. Here are the 5 steps I took to move from debilitating fear to fun in only 10 days! STEP 1: Start wherever you are and say what you see to yourself. (Hint: Friends and coaches who...
Read More“Wrong” Finale
I finally got it!!! I'm so excited!!! Eva Sim-Zabka, my dear friend, colleague and possibility coach, coached me through the final piece of this last night. She is so good! After my youngest sister was born, we moved, so I can place the creation of this life-long issue at age 8. At that time, I remember lying awake at night terrified. I had never been afraid of the dark or sleeping alone before,...
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