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An important discovery when Life Coaching a client to find their purpose is unearthing blockades. Those are barriers that keep us from living fully, loving deeply, trusting others, being authentic, and serve outside ourselves. Blockades can be motives we use positively and negatively. It can be fears that stop us in our tracks or unresolved grief. It can also be negative self-talk that we believe about ourselves. Today, we’re going to look at our motives for our actions. I lo

My last blog relayed general information and biblical description of Spiritual Gifts. If you haven’t read that first, you might take a moment and review Gifted, Part One. As a Life Purpose Coach, it is important to help a client determine what gifts the Holy Spirit has purposely given to them. It may not be wise to coach someone into leadership roles if that person is an introvert, and not gifted with Leadership or Shepherding, but has high marks in Hospitality, Mercy and Giv

I didn’t realize my learned skills in school, parenting and jobs would prepare me for God’s purpose of my life. My number one spiritual gift is Administration. (We will explore Spiritual Gifts next week) It should be no surprise that I am detailed, organized and efficient. I can plan a reunion, organize a successful fundraiser, run a household, manage large accounts and type it all up in an excel spreadsheet with ease. However, I didn’t realize I was an introvert that was try

What I value today doesn’t resemble what I valued in my 20’s when I began adulting! I valued earning money, having stuff and my appearance. I believed how I looked was why people could approach me and found me interesting. I maintained my weight in the 120’s, my hair was always done in the most recent style and never went anywhere without make-up. In surviving my mid-life crisis, I ate through my depression and gained a lot of weight. But, working through my thoughts and deve

I’ve been a ticking time bomb with a short wick for most of my life. As a wife, parent, relative, friend and co-worker. I’m not always pleasant to be around and patience has been a learned behavior, it doesn’t come naturally to me. In my previous blog, I talked about characteristic strengths and weaknesses. Anger is a prevalent characteristic in our world today. It’s worth discussing in its very own blog. We all get there at some point. You see it every day at work, at home,

I have a dress-up box for my grandkids that was my daughters. Squeaks, my 6 year old grandson, loves to be a Ninja or Batman. He gets into character with a sword and poses for pictures with a grimacing face. Whoopie, my 3 year old granddaughter, enjoys the old dance costumes and plays one character when she poses – pure sweetness with a smile to match! We all know about 2 and 3 year old tantrums, so this adorable characteristic isn’t always an accurate portrayal of who she is

As a Life Coach, an initial conversation with clients discovering their purpose is who are the people in your posse? Once you devise a step-by-step purpose plan with goals, you’re gonna need a posse of peeps! In forming your posse, think of people who made positive, lasting impressions. They may have taught you or modeled a role for you. Who is it that loves you unconditionally and has your back? Who can you spend hours with, telling them anything? Who can talk boldly when yo

Well I did it. I created 5 little monsters. How does one create 5 little monsters you ask?  It is as easy as 1,2,3. Listen to excessive whining about life being unfair that your child does not have a phone like everyone else. Buy said phone for not one child but 5 children. (It would be unfair if just one child received a phone. Ugh) Give the phones to your children and watch the craziness unfold. Actually, it has not been that bad. I find my kids doing some amazing things wi