I’m working as a coach on my own, a financial coach for a local nonprofit, and taking care of a toddler. The narrative of figuring out how moms “do it all” can be boring, but it’s also a very REAL struggle some of us go through. I'd like to share some of my thoughts about how to juggle our different responsibilities as parents. These can apply to many scenarios, though -- any time you're feeling trapped or overwhelmed…
One particular bend in the road of my journey (the story I’ll tell for the rest of my life) started when I found Love Is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky. Visit part one of these lessons here.It’s a thin book, barely over 150 pages. Preparations, ingredients, and lessons for personal transformation. It’s simple and straightforward, and yet has deep meaning. Its message was a catalyst, and the words dropped me into the vast pool…
One particular bend in the road of my journey (the story I’ll tell for the rest of my life) started when I found Love Is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky.It’s a thin book, barely over 150 pages. Preparations, ingredients, and lessons for personal transformation. It’s simple and straightforward, and yet has deep meaning. Its message was a catalyst, and the words dropped me into the vast pool of water that is the present moment.…
We've all been there. The thing needs to get done. We're the only person who can do it. But we delay it. Again. Then again. Another day. Another week. What's going on here? We know we can do it, but we don't do it! In my view, there are a few reasons we procrastinate: It's tedious, boring work we want to avoid (laundry or dishes)We don't have the proper mindset or attention we need to accomplish the…
I'm in a lot of Facebook groups about the Enneagram. I love to hang out there, give advice, and learn from others. In the Type 9 group, I've seen quote a few people ask about self-development as a 9 in regards to living a Christian life. Many teachers say that the work of the 9 is to choose his own desires over other people's desires, assert herself, or stop accommodating others. If Jesus calls us to be…
Each week (roughly), I'm posting my reflections on a chapter in Devotions for Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas. You can read all of them here. This week is about setting a good example for our children in our lifestyle. Thomas asks us to consider what morals we're teaching our family and what type of legacy we'll leave behind. Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.Proverbs 14:26 I…
I love Joan Didion's quote, "I don't know what I think until I write it down." I find writing, and especially journaling, a great tool to form actual ideas and thoughts from the mass of swirling emotions, memories, and images in my mind. Do you journal? I encourage you to try it today. It's a helpful tool to get in touch with and process your emotions. In our search for mindfulness, writing things down can bring your…
I've been fascinated with archetypes ever since discovering Joseph Campbell and his studies on mythology. What, exactly, are archetypes? Jean Bolen, author of Goddesses in Everywoman, defines them as "powerful inner patterns... dominant forces within us" linked strongly to myth, which Joseph Campbell calls "depersonalized dream." Within myths are characters who express singular aspects of our existence and potential. These are archetypes, alive in human imagination since the beginning of time.The Women's Wheel of Life, Chapter 1:…
Have you heard about the “ego death”? It’s a stage in a spiritual or psychedelic or mythic experience when the self dies and there is a “complete loss of subjective self-identity.” Joseph Campbell talks about it in the hero’s journey; Jung used it in his psychological studies; and Timothy Leary linked it to the first stage of a psychedelic trip. Boundaries fall away, and one surrenders and feels completely at one with all things. Many people on…
I’m obsessed with personality tests. I’ve had a love affair with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator since high school (I’m an ENFP). When I found out about how Jung’s cognitive functions influenced and deepened MBTI, I got really into it. I knew all about the Big 5 Personality Test too, and any chance I got, I made someone take one of these two tests. I took the Enneagram test a few years ago after hearing about it for…