Development tools for a better you
Many people have asked what Life Coaching is so here is a short definition of a Life Coaches job description and what to expect from life Coaching. Life Coach: A life Coach is not a psychiatrist or therapist.It is someone who will help improve your personal and/or professional life when you are in a transition […]
Why do we as human beings lie to ourselves? Fear. We fear the truth and its consequences, so we deny our feelings. This kind of behavior can sometimes have its origins in childhood experiences. If we were not given a healthy feeling of self worth and a sense of belonging; if we didn’t have a […]
“We avoid the things that we’re afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.” Shakti Gawain What have you been avoiding this year? Is it a loved one, a […]
Have you waited in a long line to purchase gifts, caught the same traffic light 3 times due to heavy traffic, been bumped into without an apology, or felt stressed while out in public this holiday season? Chances are you have answered yes to some, if not all, of these questions.As a counselor at Life […]
Okay, I give up. How can you be a good consumer of Psychological services without really trying? Here at Life Skills Resource Group in Orlando, it seems to me that there are a few things (seven, to be exact) that you absolutely have to do in order to be successful in therapy, i.e. get something […]
I am a counselor at Life Skills Resource Group in Orlando, and that is one of the questions I often hear asked by people who don’t really want to be seeing a counselor. It is usually followed up by the statement. “Talking about my problems doesn’t change anything.” That is certainly one possibility and I […]
Halloween may be the most socially acceptable time to wear masks- to hide our true identities. What happens when we wear masks every day? You may be silent at work, nervous that you will appear uneducated or incompetent. However, when you are around your friends you turn into a social butterfly. Why can’t this side […]
From the moment we are born our parents start repeating words to us in the hopes that we will soon repeat those same words. Once we start school we are taught how to make sentences and carry on conversations. We communicate in many different ways everyday. We talk, send e-mails, make phone calls, text, give […]
Hopefully many of you out there have a three day weekend in celebration of Labor Day. Labor day was first celebrated September 5th, 1882 in New York City. Labor day was meant to recognize the impact of the working class on American life. How often do you feel “celebrated” in your work life? According to […]
Everyone’s heard of co-dependency, a term originally used to describe the behavior of a person in a relationship with an addict. Today co-dependency is defined by Wikipedia as “having a tendency to behave in overly passive or excessively care taking ways that negatively impact one’s relationships and quality of life… [it] may also be characterized […]
