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What Life Coaching Really Helps With
Life coaching is more than goal setting or accountability. It is a deeper process of understanding who you are, where you feel stuck, and how to move through change with more clarity, courage, and support.
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The Gift of Knowing It Won’t Last
What if knowing a moment won’t last is exactly what helps us appreciate it more? Inspired by a lesson from About Time, this reflection explores how paying attention to the ordinary can deepen our relationships, help us notice more of our lives, and remind us that the mundane and the meaningful are often the same thing.
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The Fine Line Between Inspiration and Deflation
Comparison can inspire us, but it can also quietly turn into self-doubt. The key is recognizing when we’ve crossed the fine line from learning from someone else’s success to feeling diminished by it—and using comparison as information instead of ammunition against ourselves.
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Why Couples Break Up: Emotional Safety in Relationships
Couples often say they break up because they “can’t communicate.” But the real issue usually runs deeper. When honesty no longer feels emotionally safe, partners become defensive, shut down or stop sharing altogether. Here’s what causes that disconnection—and three ways to begin rebuilding trust, understanding and connection.
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Blinded By Certainty
Have you ever looked back on a situation and thought, how did I believe that so completely? Where did that story even come from? Most of us have had moments where we were convinced we were seeing things clearly, only to realize later that our view missed the mark. When we’re immersed in an experience, we tend to assume our thoughts, feelings and conclusions are accurate and reliable. We believe we’re seeing clearly, thinking logically and responding to reality. But often, w
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The 8 Words That Rebuild Trust
When Sorry Isn't Enough I’ve often seen this when I’m working with couples: there’s been a rupture, something has happened that broke trust, caused hurt, or left one person feeling betrayed. Sometimes it’s a major betrayal. Other times, it’s repeated hurt feelings that have built up over time. Either way, one person is in pain, while the other is usually desperate to move past the discomfort. The person who caused the hurt will often say something like, “I’ve said I’m sorry.
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When Families Fracture: Boundaries and Repair
I’m seeing more estrangement in families. It's not just in headlines or podcasts but in my own coaching practice. I’m seeing adult children who haven’t spoken to their parents in years. I’m seeing parents who are confused and grieving relationships they hoped would look very different. I’m seeing siblings stop speaking, grandparents lose access to their grandchildren, and families fractured. I want to be very clear: there are absolutely situations where distance is necessar
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From Edmonton to Online
Online Coaching Clients Across Canada and Beyond For many years, Edmonton, AB, was home. It was where I lived, worked, built relationships, and grew much of my coaching practice. It's still a meaningful part of my story, and many of the people I’ve worked with over the years came from that community. Around the time the world shifted online, my coaching practice did too. What began as a necessary change became something that worked beautifully. Today, I offer online life and
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Understanding Regret, Hindsight and Healing
Hindsight can distort the past and amplify regret. Here’s why looking back can feel so painful, and how to shift your focus toward healing and forward movement.
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Beginning the Year Without Urgency or Pressure
January does not look or feel the same for everyone. Here’s a gentler way to begin the new year, one that honors your energy, nervous system, and natural rhythms.
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