Reframing Assertiveness: From Control to the Explorer’s Energy Feb 13, 2025
 

Assertiveness. It’s a trait that many of us struggle to embody—especially when our upbringing has shaped it into something unrecognizable. 

For me, assertiveness was a complex, even dangerous conc...

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Beyond Avoidance: How Facing Discomfort Unlocks True Healing Feb 11, 2025

When I received confirmation of my resignation from a high demand religion, my body let out a full-body, somatic sigh of relief. It wasn’t just a moment of release—it was a deep, visceral knowing: Now...

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Changing Perspectives on Growth: Shifting from “Enough” to Expanding Your Capacity Feb 06, 2025

Introduction 

The disappointment on my professor's face was palpable. Although she’d been in a wheelchair since the age of one, she was a Paralympic athlete who had just returned from Brazil with her...

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Just Because it is Normalized Does Not Mean it is Okay! Jan 09, 2025

Just because it is normalized does not mean it is okay. Life tends to have many ways of teaching me this lesson.  

I remember telling my sister, who was still a believing member, that I was leaving t...

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If I am not my thoguths and feelings, who am I? Jun 08, 2024

Autopilot

It is common to go through life on autopilot, just believing that you are your thoughts and feelings. This often takes you away from the life you want because you are either left at the whi...

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Ecstatic Dance Aug 05, 2023

Introduction

With time Gabe found the courage to try something new. Afterall we had been working together for several years. As a resident in a local nursing home his options for mental  Through the ...

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Choosing Love Jul 07, 2023

Intro

In this post I describe that changing how I see myself creats profound personal transformation. I am more then I think I am and so are you!!  As a Men’s Coach, I guide people into self love by ...

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Daring to Dream May 21, 2023

Intro

Creating intimacy requires creating a life beyond emotional struggles, past patterns and others expectations. This is a process of self-discovery and dreaming, which takes great courage. This p...

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