MANURE MEDITATIONS BLOG
I do most of my best thinking while I’m cleaning stalls or working on the pasture. I’m honored you’ve stopped by to read.
Did Your Focus Change? Blame this
An old boyfriend of mine had a yellow car he called “The Bee.” I’d never known anyone with at yellow car before, but after seeing “The Bee,” suddenly yellow cars were everywhere. Have you ever had something like that happen to you? Blame it on the Reticular Activating...
What It’s Like to be FULLY Present
“For the next 30-40 minutes, Go where your body wants to go.” I had no idea what that meant on training day 1 of 5, but as I wandered into the arena, I was acutely aware that my head was telling me where to go. I didn’t even really understand how to “go where my body...
Tired of Proving Yourself? Try these
The other day I was leading a Trust Yourself workshop for women entrepreneurs and asked the participants to identify themselves as perfectionists, people pleasers or provers. While some chose all three, most admitted to frequently feeling the need to prove themselves....
Be Fully You without Trying So Hard
“For the next 30-40 minutes, Go where your body wants to go.” I had no idea what that meant on training day 1 of 5, but as I wandered into the arena, I was acutely aware that my head was telling me where to go. I didn’t even really understand how to “go where my body...
The Kind of Self-Care You NEED
Several years ago I fell in love with StrengthsFinder assessment. When I learned that my “always on, always thinking” brain was a strength, not just something other people complained about, I stepped into a new level of awareness and confidence about who I was and how...
How to Tell if You’re Taking on Too Much
Standing 30 feet away from my client, Sarah, I explained that in a minute I was going to walk toward her. At any point, should she want me to stop, all she needed to do was so. Additionally, if I felt I should stop, I would. As we played around a bit more, Sarah began...
Why You Need to Trust Yourself
As soon as you trust yourself, you learn how to live. ~Goethe When I heard this quote a couple of days ago, the clarity immediately resonated. and a million questions were sparked in my mind. Why DON’T we trust ourselves? For so many years and in so many ways, we’ve...
“I Can’t Change Who I Am”
Imagine the original idea of you was like a beautifully designed, modern home. This home was designed by a very well-respected architect and was elegant, functional and comfortable in every last detail. Now imagine someone who loved and cared for you deeply suggested...
Do the Words You Use Create This?
Words create. Do you doubt the effect of a love poem to create feelings of love? How about the words of a song to take you back to a time when you felt a certain way? What about the power of words to mobilize us to action? Words reveal. Language is symbolic. Consider...
What if You’re Solving the Wrong Problem?
In 1959, Henry Kramer offered the equivalent of $1.3M to the first person who could fly a plane around a specified course powered solely by the pilot’s body power. Teams spent years developing and testing prototypes only to have them destroyed in minutes or hours....
Is This the Real Meaning of NO?
The other day my coaching client was learning more about the patterns she uses (and overuses) in relationships by trying to connect with a horse. In this instance, she wanted the horse to look at her and eventually walk with her. She politely made her request and the...