Sandy's Blog

Musings on autoimmune disease, life, coaching, and self-empowerment.

Getting Unstuck #4: How is your heart? Apr 22, 2024

Getting in touch with your heart can be another road to clarity if you are if you are sitting on the fence and feeling stuck.

Take a moment to become quiet and still.  Then ask...

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What's your "six word story"? Apr 17, 2024

"For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn."

The above is an example of a "six-word story" (sometimes attributed to Earnest Hemingway, but the jury's out as to whether or not that's true).

What...

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Getting Unstuck #3: What is your motivation? Apr 10, 2024

In the coming days and weeks, I’ll be sharing some tips and tricks to help you get unstuck - no matter the circumstances of your stuck-ness.

This is the third in a series - if you missed...

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Getting Unstuck #2: Trust your gut. Apr 08, 2024

In the coming days and weeks, I’ll be sharing some tips and tricks to help you get unstuck - no matter the circumstances of your stuck-ness.

This is the second in a series - if you missed the...

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Getting Unstuck #1: Get in touch with your body Apr 05, 2024

 In the coming days and weeks, I’ll be sharing some tips and tricks to help you get unstuck - no matter the circumstances of your stuck-ness.

This is the second in a series - if you...

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Strugglebus now arriving lane 4... Apr 03, 2024

Why does it seem like everyone is struggling or feeling stuck? 

Something I experience in my coaching sessions every day is seeing people who talk about feeling “stuck”.

Stuck in...

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Reset Your Nervous System Mar 11, 2024

Reset your nervous system - how to do this?

Many of my clients come to me in a stressed state.  Overworked, overwhelmed, all the "over" words!

They usually want "tips and tricks" to be more...

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Fine-tuning Your Personality Feb 24, 2024

Some of you know that I am a trained classical musician (I play the horn).  While coaching is my full-time profession most of the year, I have been spending the past 24 winters in Florida...

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Past, Present, Future Focused Personality Types Jan 30, 2024

Past, present, or future-focused.  Which one do you think your personality is..?

I believe that every human tends to prefer one of the above.  However, we are usually not aware...

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Glancing, Glaring, and Gazing Jan 21, 2024

Glancing, Glaring, and Gazing. What comes up for you when you see those three words?

I was listening to Richard Rohr talk about these three things in the context of how one moves through...

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Achieving Goals Does Not Bring Happiness Jan 05, 2024

Achieving goals does not bring happiness
Working towards goals does.

Here's what I mean by this:

Assuming that you'll be happy once you reach your goals doesn't seem that far-fetched. ...

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Four Things to Improve Your Physical Health Oct 09, 2023

Let's talk about four things to improve your physical health.

The picture above was taken on a day last week when I felt GREAT.  I mean, really great.  Like myself pre-diagnosis!

This...

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Your history doesn't define you - it *informs* you. Sep 30, 2023

In what way do you let your personal history define you?  Do you have a story (or two or three) that you let run your life? Stories like:

- I’m not worthy because in the past…

-...

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September 11 Sep 11, 2023

Greetings Friends,

I was living in New York City when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.

It was a turning point in my life, a time when I felt so connected to a place, to the people living there,...

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Your Genes and Your Beliefs Aug 13, 2023

Your genes and your beliefs. How are they related?

Did you know that genes are responsible for less than 1% of disease...?

The other 99% comes from things like the thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and...

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wtf Barbie?? Jul 28, 2023

Who here saw or is seeing the new Barbie movie?? This monologue below is apparently from the film.

I'm so disappointed. :(

Why am I disappointed? Because: It still focuses on *others* expectations....

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