The Value of Making Mistakes

The Value of Making Mistakes

I’m going to tell you the story of Kathleen – she is not real, but she represents a typical child’s experience in school and how it shapes our thinking. Beginning in Jr. Kindergarten, Kathleen is evaluated. Her teacher comments to her parents about the things Kathy...
Choosing to Love Yourself

Choosing to Love Yourself

We all have predictable ways that we sabotage ourselves. We sabotage ourselves because we don’t love ourselves – at least on some level. In some part of our conscious or subconscious mind, we are not really committed to ourselves or our life in ways that encourage us...
The Trauma of Toilet Training

The Trauma of Toilet Training

My mother would best describe me as a ‘stubborn’ child. When I was growing up, this was not a good thing… When she was trying to toilet train me, apparently I was slow to learn. This was a story she used to tell me because I remembered nothing about the actual event....