I am a BIG fan of spending time alone. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time in my late 20’s I remember being very uncomfortable with being alone. I am so grateful for having developed the comfort in it, as the benefits have definitely served me well. Up until the pandemic, I kept … Continued
I shared in my newsletter this week that my son is my biggest teacher in the area of presence. We all have a lot going on and going through our heads and can get easily distracted. Recently I heard someone who was 70 reflecting that if they live to be 100, they have maybe 30 … Continued
How often are you dissatisfied with yourself? If never, keep reading to make yourself feel good that you are on the right track. If any more than never- keep reading to gather some thoughts and ideas to help you to see yourself more clearly. There are many reasons we can get down on ourselves- but … Continued
What’s in store for you? First, allow yourself to write and speak what you WANT in the next quarter, the last quarter of 2025. Leave aside all thoughts about why it can’t happen and let yourself believe. Right now, write down what you want between now and the end of the year. I find it … Continued
What a great month it has been! This is year four of my tradition and I am doing better each year. I went into the month having some broad ideas of what I wanted to experience. New and old places, experiences, people. I was open to breakthroughs and aha’s. I got out of my habitual … Continued
As we begin to wrap up 2024, I am doing a lot of reflecting on how my words of the year played out for me. Not just how they played out, but also how I played them out! I was looking at a recent Instagram post by Positively Present (follow them and also see the … Continued
I remember as kids that whenever any of us was bugging anyone else an adult would always say “tend to yourself!” Their way of saying “stop bothering them.” Right now, in this time and place might be a good time to think about tending to ourselves. I mean this in a couple of different ways. … Continued
In my coaching practice I use this great app called the CLI Values Cards (by Coaching and Leadership International)- my initial use was with the actual, real life cards and then moved to the app. My clients and I pick out a “random” word that comes into our session many times. Recognition is one of … 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