So you’re in Square One of the change cycle. First off, I’m really sorry. I know it’s not pleasant, but I hope identifying your potential death, liminal phase, and rebirth last week helped to at least make it feel like it’s survivable. Today we’re going to go through some strategies to make this as painless […]
Anatomy of Change: Surviving Your Death & Rebirth
Anatomy of Change, Phase One: Dying and Being Reborn
We’re looking at the Death & Rebirth square of the change cycle this week. This is one of my favorites, mainly because I have spent so much time either in this square, or hanging out in the Stagnant Pond trying to avoid this square. It’s messy, ugly, and often scary, and most of us do […]
Get the Best Meta Skill Ever (besides reading)
For the next five weeks, we’re going to be learning the meta skill of navigating change using Martha Beck’s Change Cycle model. Meta skills are skills which apply to broad categories of things. So, for example, if you knew how to make amazing guacamole, that’s a skill. If you decided you wanted to make a […]
Busting Through Dream Blocks
Is there some area of your life that – despite your wishes – you just can’t seem to change? This week we’re going to look at one potential reason for that: unconscious ideas about problems that will come with your dream. These are not dark buried traumas I’m talking about – just associations you didn’t […]
Peace Be With You
It’s Peace week of Advent, and I’m inviting you to join me in deliberately choosing peace as much as possible for the next seven days. Often, the very best gift we can give is to simply be peaceful and present. Think of a time where you were frantic and found calm solely because you ran […]
Instant Mood Lifter
Friends, it’s a short post week, as I have one more awesome tool I want to share with you from The Vortex by Abraham-Hicks, and I’m currently enjoying a vacation with my whole family in the wilds of Tennessee. This is a great tool when you want to shift your mood, or get out of […]
Help! I feel icky!
For those moments when you are feeling overwhelmed and icky, and can’t figure out why… try this! (in downloadable pdf format) Thought Clusterf#ck Mind Map
Battle Tactics: Thought Shifting
So perhaps by this time you’re thinking, “all these thought models are fantastic, Liz, but really, how much time do you think I have to be sitting around doing thought work?” Trust me, I get that, and this week’s thought work model is for those of you who are super stressed and barely have time […]