Category Archives: Wellbeing Wisdom

“So, you’re a life coach?” This quasi-question is common for me when people ask about what I “do” for a living. Before I started my business my response was “I’m a mental health professional. Counselor. Therapist” because that’s very much how I identified myself. People knew exactly what that was and how to categorize me.Continue reading “What is Integrative Mental Health Coaching?”

It’s not intuitive to know which topics are for therapy and which are for coaching. In Part 1: What is the Difference Between Therapy and Coaching I talked about the distinctions. Simply, a question I like to ask people is “to what degree is this ‘issue’ impacting your life?” Sometimes that’ll give me a senseContinue reading “Part 2: What Are Topics to bring to Therapy? vs. What Are Topics to Bring to Coaching?”

If I’m going to therapy, something is wrong with me.
First of all, nothing is wrong with you. You are whole just as you are; it may be that life circumstances, ancestral lines, or other issues are preventing you from living fully. To go to therapy, it may be that processing your past, working through life challenges, and coming to resolve is just what you need. Coaching can accomplish this too. However, therapy is just a different way of going about it.

In “Your Emotions Are Talking To You: Are You Listening?” I discussed the various ways we relate to our emotions: 1) ignore them, hoping they go away, 2) play chicken, thinking we’ll “win” or overpower them, or 3) acknowledge their existence and allowing them to move. We need to “name it” (i.e. the emotion) toContinue reading “Emotional Agility: How to Navigate Your Emotional Landscape”