by Heather Elliott | Jul 24, 2014 | Childhood, Mindset, Self-Awareness
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...
by Heather Elliott | Jul 18, 2014 | Mindset, Self-Awareness
Do you find yourself needing to have control over everything in your life? Are you easily agitated or angered when you aren’t in control? If you answered yes to these questions you most likely have controller tendencies. Somebody who is a “controller” only feels ok in...
by Heather Elliott | Jul 11, 2014 | Mindset, Self-Awareness
‘5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – JUMP!’ yelled the man. A young man dives from the top of the crane, plummeting 200 ft into a quarry with a bungee cord attached to his ankles! Up and down he bobs several times before he comes to a halt and is released from the cord by an awaiting...
by Heather Elliott | Jun 26, 2014 | Manifestation, Mindset, Self-Awareness
As you got up this morning, what story did you silently begin telling yourself about the day that you would have? Did you immediately tense up thinking about the people, the events, the to-do list, the challenges that you expect to be a part of this day? Or did you...
by Heather Elliott | Jun 20, 2014 | Mindset, Self-Awareness
When I was at my business school meeting 2 weeks ago, I made a commitment to achieve 3 specific things before we reconvene in September. Making a commitment to these outcomes really made a shift in how I saw things. I realized that I needed to do things differently. I...
by Heather Elliott | Jun 12, 2014 | Communication, Mindset, Relationships, Self-Awareness
I was coaching a client this morning and she was asking me about her relationship with her husband. They have been ‘working’ on things for over a year and he is still stuck in many of the places where he was stuck before. She is continuously angry and upset with him...
