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Love Conquers Fear
Many of my friends and clients are deeply affected by what’s going on in the news recently, so I’m briefly pausing my series on preparing...
Marcy Kocher
Oct 28, 20232 min read


Christmas isn’t a real thing
The holiday season isn’t always joyful. For some of us, it’s lonely, painful, and stressful. But the reality is the holidays don’t make...
Marcy Kocher
Oct 16, 20233 min read


People Pleasing During the Holidays
As we go through this series of preparing for the holidays, we have created awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. We’ve...
Marcy Kocher
Oct 9, 20233 min read


How do you want to feel
My husband and I went to dinner a few nights ago and discussed the questions I sent you last week. Here are some things we decided. We...
sam43814
Oct 2, 20232 min read


Holiday Decisions
Last week, we talked about choices. Life is all about choices. Choice leads to freedom, and freedom leads to joy. Remember, we ALWAYS...
Marcy Kocher
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Choices
Have you heard the story of the pot roast? It goes something like this; A mom is preparing a pot roast for dinner and meticulously cuts...
Marcy Kocher
Sep 18, 20232 min read


Preparing for the Holidays
It’s that time of year again. Well, almost. Personally, I’m not crazy about stores bringing out Christmas decorations before Halloween....
Marcy Kocher
Sep 11, 20232 min read


We’ve Come a Long Way
Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal...
Marcy Kocher
Sep 4, 20231 min read


Barbie
So, I saw the Barbie movie, and I have some thoughts. Regardless of your opinion of her, she is an American icon. She represents an ideal...
Marcy Kocher
Aug 21, 20233 min read


The Problem With Labels
According to Google, labels are defined as; A classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate...
sam43814
Aug 14, 20232 min read


Limiting Beliefs
What are beliefs? Beliefs are simply thoughts that you think so often that they become part of your automatic subconscious mind. It’s...
Marcy Kocher
Aug 7, 20232 min read


Self-Protection
I tend to have very high expectations of myself and others. I’m not proud of it, but I’ve learned it’s a way of protecting myself. I...
Marcy Kocher
Jul 31, 20233 min read


Anger
Since we’ve been on the topic of emotion for a few weeks, let’s talk about a big one. Anger. Anger is commonly regarded as a secondary...
Marcy Kocher
Jul 29, 20233 min read


How to Feel
What if you could feel less exhausted and more energized? What if you could feel more balanced and less stressed? What if you could be...
Marcy Kocher
Jul 17, 20232 min read


Emotional Adulthood
Emotional adulthood is best understood by contrasting it to emotional childhood. Children do not have the neurological development to...
Marcy Kocher
Jul 10, 20232 min read


Toxic Positivity
A common misconception about life coaching is that the goal is to always feel good. This is not the goal; in fact, this is what I would...
Marcy Kocher
Jul 3, 20232 min read


Awe
I recently read an interesting book by psychologist Dacher Keltner called, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can...
sam43814
Jun 26, 20232 min read


Magic
I recently shared this post on Facebook about my trip to Hawaii. “I’ve dreamed of going to Hawaii since I was a little kid and a devoted...
sam43814
Jun 19, 20232 min read


What are my options?
What would you like for dinner? A common question. What are my options? A common response. How much money would you like to make? What...
sam43814
Jun 12, 20232 min read


Over the Hill
Remember when we used to think turning 40 was over the hill? And then we turned forty. I don’t know about you but at forty I was just...
sam43814
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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