By Laurie Gerber w/ Dr. Lauren Streicher “Orgasms are like blowing your nose.” Yup, that is the kind of thing my coach (and creator of The Handel Method®) Lauren Handel Zander, says. I chuckle and ask what she means. Sometimes she speaks in koans. “If you need to blow your nose, you just do, you […]
Today I want to write about the most important relationship in my life – and in all of our lives, really! It’s the relationship that impacts all other ones: my work life, my family life, and of course, my creative life. It’s my relationship to TIME. I say “relationship” because it requires the same level […]
By now, you’ve more than likely read enough of our blogs, blurbs and what have you’s to know that we like to give a name to our less than attractive traits. From “mean martyrf*&cker,” to “sweet and sour chicken,” to “squeaker-of-the-house,” clearly, I have befriended, named and leashed (for the most part!) some of my […]
Your kids. They’ve got school to teach them their educational requirements. They’ve got friends to teach them how to be social and have fun. They’ve got their extracurricular activities to teach them movement and play. They’ve got dozens of other messages distracting them at any moment of the day. AND, they have you, their parents, […]
It’s almost Labor Day Weekend, which means summer is sadly winding down and autumn is right around the corner. In the next two weeks, we’ll really start to feel the change. Kids will be back at school. The leaves will begin to turn and just like that, we’re entering the last part of the year. […]
Have you ever found yourself blaming your lateness on someone else’s location? I seriously said to myself, as I was running late to an appointment, “does she realize she lives on Tenth Avenue? That is far from the subway!” If you follow the internal logic in my mind at that moment, it implies that it […]
I have a confession to make. Ready? I can be a bit of a baby when it comes to being a grown up about my health. You know, like making (and going) to annual doctor appointments, stretching before running, drinking a ton of water (does the water in coffee count?), etc. Don’t get me wrong. […]
Never go to bed angry. That is one of my Personal Laws, or, actually, it used to be one. Sounds like a good law, right? I don’t think many people would argue with me about it. Although, when it came down to it, it wasn’t really right for me. Why? I’ll get to that soon, […]
I believe it’s important to design all areas of your life. And, I mean ALL. From health to love to money to community to learning to fun and adventure to spirituality, etc. But, obviously, some areas get a little more attention than others, like love, career and money. While others, like, LEARNING, get practically no […]
Many of us love to eat crap. Pizza. Sugar. Sweets. Fried food, etc. The list is endless. And, just so you know, I get it. I was once a size 14 and happily spent many nights in my twenties, eating a pile of spaghetti and washing it down with a pint of ice cream. Those […]
As a life coach, as you can imagine, my whole life is based on people. Heck, I’ve coached thousands of them, lead workshops with them in ‘em, manage a bunch of them, and, even come home to a brood of them. All it takes is just one of them people to trigger me, irk me, […]
We all have negative traits that come out under certain circumstances at work. Whether it’s when we’re stressed, worried, overwhelmed, or, the new age old favorite, when Mercury is in retrograde. Right? Except, no matter what, no matter how warranted it feels in the moment, our bad behaviors never leave us proud of ourselves. Righteous? […]