Category: Coaching

Asking for Magic, One Day at a Time I want to share something that bubbled up recently and continued into the morning—something simple and tender, and also kind of profound. Here’s a link to a video if you prefer. Over the years, I’ve heard many spiritual teachers and channelers say: Ask for magic.  Ask to experience magic every day. Invite it in. So yesterday morning, I decided to do just that. In my morning prayers, I added a little note to the Universe: I would love to experience some magic today. And I did. Not in any grand or fireworks-style

We all want to be someone worth talking with—someone others feel safe being with, whether we’re friends, partners or simply showing up in the roles we play each day. Though this post speaks directly to Melinda, a coach, I believe it speaks to anyone wondering if they can be someone worth talking with—being with. Melinda’s been coaching on and off for quite a while, and she wrote in with this: “Can I really do this? I constantly question my value as a life coach, especially after my personal coaching sessions with you, Dr. Rosie.” First of all, thank you, Melinda.

“I’m learning to be ordinary, Rosie.” Sarah declares this—not with sadness or anger, nor with despair or bitterness—but with a clarity rooted in truth. In the two years we’ve been working together, I’ve never heard her speak with such grounded knowing. Her dis-ease isn’t rooted in alcohol or drugs, per se, but in a fundamental belief formed in childhood: that being unique would save her from insanity and certain death. Sarah has been in recovery for almost four decades. She’s been sober and clean all these years, managing her habits and feeling pretty dang good about it! But there’s a

Here’s the deal: we all want to be someone worth talking with—right? Whether we’re trying to grow friendships, deepen our relationships with partners or children, or simply show up more fully in our everyday roles—massage therapists, teachers, bartenders, personal-growth experts, healthcare practitioners, salon or spa folks—we long to be someone others feel safe talking with—being with. I’ve been a therapist, spiritual guide, and coach for over 40 years—as well as a mom, a friend, a member of a large family. And still, after all these years, I find myself listening from the edge of my seat—leaning in, eager to truly

For the majority of us, throughout our lifetimes, we are entrained to believe that, what we are and what we have, is not enough. We are taught to look for what we need to get, in order to be enough and have enough. Our mindset is to ongoingly worry and strategize to get what we do not have, as opposed to realizing and appreciating that we already have everything we need. Bottom line is: “I’m not enough. I don’t have enough. And, because I’m not enough and don’t have enough, I’m not safe.” In the book – A Course in

I find it fascinating, the amount of time and energy we put into educating our minds, regarding the world around us, yet dedicate so little time educating ourselves about the world within our hearts, within our souls. Each of us ongoingly meet adversity within contexts of power, health, money, safety, death, natural disasters, and more. For each of us, the way out of these adversities is through our hearts, not our minds. I know this goes against consensus reality, but where in the heck is consensus reality taking us, anyway? Whether it’s relationships, health, or money, all of us have

Instead of sparking joy in many readers, my most recent blog sparked guilt. They wanted to choose to organize and clear away unwanted stuff, but the guilt was too much. They found something else to do instead. Sometimes we aren’t cognizant of who’s making choices within us. We are unconscious of how we choose what we choose to choose. However, with courage and curiosity every single one of us begins to cultivate a presence of mind—of our essential-self.  Perhaps with reluctance we begin to realize that we are in relationship with various parts of ourselves. And perhaps this relationship hasn’t been

Somebody is going to have to come and clean up after me, sooner or later. Perhaps it’s after I die in my bed. Perhaps it’s after I’m shipped off to a nursing home to live out the rest of my life. I have no clue the whens and hows. I just know that sooner or later somebody will have to do what I’m ignoring, distracting and avoiding. YUCK!! My urban daughter doesn’t like the rural lifestyle. Of course, that includes sheds where things are stored that I don’t know what to do with. And, where there are sheds there’s evidence

To get some inspiration for writing today, I opened the book, Diet Like a Guru. I wrote this book eight years ago. I was surprised to be impressed with what it had to say and how relevant it is to my life, as much as it was relevant when I wrote it. A particular chapter—You Have Already Started, got me thinking about new year resolutions and how most of us have already fallen off the wagon and quit on our resolutions. Truth is, if we aren’t ready enough to stay on track with our desire for being where we say

A while back, I read an article about His Holiness the Dalai Lama, written by Stephan Talty. Stephan describes the life of this man—how he was taken away from his family very early in his childhood, how he had to study and meditate, and live a life that he did not choose for himself. His country, Tibet, was taken over by China and he was forced to go into exile. Now 88 years old, he has been given many awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Stephan says about the Dalai Lama: “He thinks like a man that is guaranteed nothing.”