No Is a Complete Sentence

No Is a Complete Sentence

But how do you get yourself to say it?   I just can’t seem to say no. I want to, but then I… fill in the blank. I hear this so often from clients, friends, and family members. Saying yes to all kinds of things that you don’t want to is a dangerous habit… Yes,...
How To Have Healing Conversations

How To Have Healing Conversations

Are We Still Arguing About This??   Lord knows this was the familiar refrain at my family get-togethers for decades! That’s right, decades. “You two are still arguing about this?” By the time we reach our thirties and beyond, we’ve engaged in lots of conflicts,...
Mistakes Happen

Mistakes Happen

We Need To Know This Now More Than Ever… How Do We Create a Safe Space For Making Mistakes? Nobody wants to answer that, we’re too afraid we’ll make a mistake. Mistakes happen, actually, they don’t just happen we make them. And what happens when we make them? If...
I Think It’s You

I Think It’s You

I know it’s time.   Everyone may not know this about me, but I am a very intuitive person and often get these “hits.” I have one about our On The Matter of Race Level 1 group. Are you the one who has been putting off signing up to do your...
Thou Doth Protest Too Much

Thou Doth Protest Too Much

What to do when you are the one causing conflict. I remember working in a school where the principal was essentially a very nice person. She was kind in words, listened to her staff complaints and said all of the right things when engaged in a difficult conversation....