Personal Blog~Sharon Stephens - Life Coach

I have an excuse for everything.  I cannot write because I have no talent.  I have so much to share but who would really listen.  I am not smart so what would I really have to say.  Victimhood was taught to me by mommie dearest.  My son had to be the one to really love me enough to call me on it.  I have never been able to see my worth.  Although I have helped hundreds of people change their lives, I have hung on to old lies taught to me by drowning people who could not love me. I raised a great son and in my thinking then I have served my purpose.  In light of a recent occurrence in our community, a dear loved one took their own life, I contemplated that CHOICE we all have.  I contemplated that choice as a one of freedom from pain and why could I not make that choice.  In that cry to understand why that seemed to be a valid choice I cried out to a few loved ones to discuss this. As I turned to these conversati...

Greg's Real Love Blog Looking at the world through the clarifying lens of Real Love "You're Just Temporarily Insane." Cindy called and described feeling depressed, irritable, and hopeless. And she was severely beating herself up that she couldn't just rise above these feelings by force of will. Earlier that day she had called a couple of friends, but she didn't feel any better. After looking at the notes of my past conversations with her, I asked, "Are your menstrual periods fairly regular?" She paused in surprised and answered, "Yes, why?" "I just looked at my notes, and I can see that previously you expressed feelings exactly like the ones you're telling me today, and you felt this way 30 days ago and 60 days ago. Not a coincidence, I think." "I never noticed that." "Sweetie, you're just temporarily insane. You can't help it. So while you're like this, just relax. We've almost ...