So Christine, how do we know whether we are grounded in truth or in a lie?  That is a great question, I am so glad you asked! And this is where I brace myself for some hate mail.  Such a […]

I got a nudge to write on this subject earlier this week but didn’t take a stab at it because, well, it’s hard, it’s inconvenient and, if I were honest, people might throw rotten fruit. Then I got another nudge and […]

“But Christine, was it really trauma?”  None of us want to call something trauma that wasn’t trauma.  We tend to not want to catastrophize past events or make it worse than it was.  So….was it trauma?  Does it really need […]

I love helping clients process trauma.  Seriously.  I don’t love that people have to endure the hard things in life because, well, they’re hard.  I hate to see people suffer.  But helping them process their pain….?  Knowing that there is […]

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” This quote has been attributed to the Dalai Lama, Haruki Murakami, and M. Kathleen Casey.  I was exposed to it initially in coaching school and embraced it based on how my instructors couched it.  In other […]

I recently had a conversation with a spouse who had been venting/processing her frustration  in her marriage with others.  Having found myself in this difficult situation myself earlier on in my own marriage (and making unwise choices myself in who […]

I think people have the misnomer that it takes both spouses to enter cooperatively into couple’s counseling/coaching to right the wrong, to turn the ship around.  But is that true?  Actually, my personal experience in my own marriage says it […]

If you read my posts regularly you will realize I have had a ‘dry spell’ and haven’t written at my usual pace.  Dry spells can be frustrating.  I hate writer’s block.  Well….at least now I have a trickle.  Not saying […]

Do you know what drives you?  I have a test that I use with my clients that brings clarity to what is driving their habits, interrupting their peace, and interfering with their relationships…..because it’s hard to win the battle if […]

In Part 1 of To Forbear or Not to Forbear…That is the Question https://mustardseedcoachingandmediation.com/to-forbear-or-not-to-forbear-that-is-the-question/ we looked at fear as it relates to forbearance.  How easy it is to lose a grip instead of expressing patience when we are walking in […]