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Don’t get caught in the monkey trap

Don’t get caught in the monkey trap

by | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog

We are full swing into the month of Love…. In Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book “Full Catastrophe Living,” is a tale of clever monkey-catching techniques from India.  Hunters carve a hole in the coconut just large enough for a monkey’s hand, then wire it to a tree...
How you do one thing….

How you do one thing….

by | Jan 6, 2024 | Blog

7 seconds. That’s the average time a person spends in front of a museum painting. In the Renaissance, artists devoted 2-4 years to a masterpiece, yet viewers engage for just 7 seconds. Why? It’s the time a painting takes to speak to you, drawing you into...
The Way to Love, by design

The Way to Love, by design

by | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog

There is much hype on social media about what is needed to REALLY succeed in relationships.  I hear about how overwhelming this is every time I connect with a new potential client for the Your Love by Design Training Programs. I get it because, one, we are...
The First Step to Believing

The First Step to Believing

by | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog

How does a girl who confused obeyance, shame, abuse, and neglect for Love, become a Heart Coach? I knew of Love’s existence.  It was as elusive as the extinct, unimaginable Dodo birds. But Mamie and Pépère Martin, the couple who welcomed my mother to France...
Love….Because…..

Love….Because…..

by | Oct 31, 2023 | Blog

On this Hallows Eve, our world at sixes and sevens (as my husband would say), I’m called to share someone else’s words aside from my own. It would seem in this moment, this poem captures both the sentiment and the rallying cry the times demand for. It...