OUT NOW: Embracing Trust: Book 3 of the Ascending Ladders Series

Here Comes the Judge

Here Comes the Judge

Judgment. It haunts many of us on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Let’s start with judging ourselves. (I’ll move on to judging others and judging circumstances in the next two weeks.) Many of us judge ourselves harshly and regularly. “You just screwed that thing...
What Do You Need? (Part 2)

What Do You Need? (Part 2)

Last week, I talked about asking yourself what you need. This week, I want to look at what happens when we ask that question to others. When? Maybe the right word is “if”. It’s not a question we often ask of other people, and if we do, it’s often phrased as “What can...
What Do You Need? (Part 1)

What Do You Need? (Part 1)

“What do you really need?” can be the most empowering question we ask ourselves or others. Because it acknowledges our value, our realness, our vitality. It opens the door to caring. This week, let’s start by asking that question of ourselves. We’ll explore the part...
Our Conditioning Runs Deep

Our Conditioning Runs Deep

I had a big insight this morning. I was reviewing the latest (and close to final) chapter in my new novel. As the story unfolds, the heroine Sheryl Simmons, who you may remember if you read my novel Ascending Ladders, was in a meeting with several of her peers and...