Just like that– we are half way through this year- 2024 is going by in a flash. I just returned from my epic trip to Switzerland and Paris. Whenever I think about 2024 I will think of it in two parts- pre-trip and post-trip. I am getting better, but I am a pretty nervous traveler, … Continued
How do you feel about adventuring by yourself? I always love talking to people about their loves and talk about travel is filled with preferences. There can be things to be learned while traveling with a group- teamwork, connection, opening your mind to the ideas of others, co-existing, being flexible and more. Traveling with a … Continued
One of the things that threatens to get me about going on adventures is nerves. If it is something I have done before, I am fine. If it is something new, especially if it is far away, my nerves are real! A few years ago I had to drive our son to a basketball tournament … Continued
What does it mean to be adventurous? You know, I love to look at definitions- and this is no exception! I am especially excited because the meaning contains a word I love- willing. From vocabulary.com: “Being adventurous means you’re willing to go where you haven’t been before to do things you’ve never done, even if … Continued
I love looking up definitions of words, especially of words I think I know the definition to. Sometimes I am surprised- like today. According to the definition from Oxford Languages an adventure is an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous experience or activity. Hazardous!? I must use the word adventure pretty loosely, then! I am not … Continued
What do you think about yourself? How do you think about yourself? For this last week of Thinking Month at Kimberly DuBrul Coaching, the focus is on you. Many of us were taught not to think about ourselves, but to put everyone else first. Many of us, being burned out from people pleasing, have reached … Continued
It’s Thinking Month at Kimberly DuBrul Coaching and thing that comes to the surface is all of the over thinking I/we do! One way we can easily over think is engaging in all of the opinions we express all day. Even if there are some we don’t express, we are still thinking about them on … Continued
Magical thinking has been described as that your thoughts, ideas, words and actions can influence the outcome of specific events in the material world. As with just about every kind of thinking- it can be a good and supportive thing, as well as a detrimental one. This shows up often when people find connections in … Continued
Thinking month at Kimberly DuBrul Coaching continues! Thinking for myself has been one of my greatest learnings and challenges. I grew up learning to get along and most of the time that meant going along with what others thought about things rather than honoring my own knowing. As a young adult and beyond this looked … Continued