You know when occasionally you find yourself complaining about how, had you REALLY known that your boy/girlfriend-type-thing or husband was, X, (oh for the sake of argument, stingy with his/her freaking feelings) and very much not Y (oh for the sake of a longerargument, warm and fuzzy like Grey’s Anatomy’s Dr. McDreamy), you might never have dated […]
I’ve been thinking about stuff. I, like you, have many times thought stuff would make me happy – and that a lack of stuff was what was making me unhappy. I don’t mean just physical things like a house or clothing, but also stuff like people, a great husband, a happy child and even stuff like […]
I’m back at it about health. Maybe it’s the Springtime inspiring me. And I see some of you working on the areas of body and health more than ever. Ain’t it grand? Doesn’t it just shift everything when you start an exercise routine? Don’t you feel better about yourself on EVERY single level? Or […]
Only very special people become Handel Group® coaches. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the custom (I learned it from Sex and the City) that if someone is trying to convert to Judaism, the rabbi is supposed to reject them three times and only teach them if their earnestness is proven by the fact […]
Today I want to tell you a parenting story. If you don’t have kids, please read as someone’s child or as a potential, future parent. I am a mother of two elementary-aged kids I am raising in New York City. Now, I know one of the most important parenting rules is: don’t project yourself onto your child. […]
In keeping with my theme of talking about the currencies of your life, I am back to talk about your most important currency: TIME. Time is THE currency of your life. It is the instrument through which you sing the song of your life. Your relationship with time, therefore, really matters. But why am I […]
It feels so good, is it really so bad? I think it’s too simple to say: “Judging is wrong” or “I am trying to be less judgmental.” I hear it in yoga and spiritual circles all time, we are quieting our minds to stop all the ceaseless judging. But I want to take a deeper […]
Bliss Broyard published an article in ELLE Magazine about her experience coaching with me. I found it fascinating that the most poignant take away, and hence her title was “Don’t Let Your Emotions Make You Their B*#ch.” Yup, much to my 9-year old daughter’s dismay, I said it. How I ask clients to deal with their […]
As you probably know, I am coaching Mastin on his love and design of his dream body. What a great test case; he is one stubborn cookie! I have gotten in trouble in the past on this blog for my fixation on controlling the foods people eat. I have been accused of having and projecting […]
I think I’m a pretty positive person, but turns out, I spend a lot of my day disagreeing with things. I don’t like how my body feels in the morning. Why are my kids not up and dressed yet? Why can’t I find that blender part? Why are people talking so loud? Why does my […]
From time to time, we hear the criticism that we are too negative. Oh man, we are working on always delivering our tough truths with grace and love. We pride ourselves on having been through it ourselves and thus relating and caring deeply about our individual clients. But sometimes we do get excited and enjoy […]
When I talk to leaders, I find out a lot of them struggle with feeling like frauds. After all the work you do to succeed, do you sometimes still end up feeling like a fraud? Recently my leadership capacities took a leap forward when I realized I was being a hypocrite. I was telling other […]
