Tag Archives: Anxiety

High School Drama

By Elise | Published: February 21, 2012

When I was in my early-twenties, I worked with a lady who attended her 20-year reunion and loved it.  She came back from the weekend pumped about how great it was.  She said everyone was great, and that all of the fake high school drama was gone.  To me, a girl just a few years [...]

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Peaceful Child

By Elise | Published: January 25, 2012

My daughter came home from school last night in a tizzy.  She got in a tiny bit of trouble with her teacher, and it hurt her feelings.  On top of that, there was the mountain of homework.   The poor child was freaking out about getting it done so much so that she was practically [...]

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Taking Care

By Elise | Published: January 23, 2012

This Thursday marks the one-month anniversary of my self-induced tailbone and spine drama. I am a lot better!  However, I still have to walk slowly, lay down several times a day, try not to bend my back, sit on a special pillow, and make sure I take painkillers before bed so that I can sleep. [...]

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Releasing Frustration

By Elise | Published: January 5, 2012

I am really, really, really frustrated.  I had a nasty cold the week before Christmas, and I got hurt the day after.  I’ve been down for a while, and I’m getting sick of it. I really want to re-fill my bird feeders, do laundry, make bread, vacuum the living room, and make dinner.  Domestic crap [...]

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What is a coach anyway?

By Elise | Published: November 30, 2011

Suddenly people around me are becoming more curious about what it is that I do exactly anyway. Coaching is hard to explain.  We celebrate successful sports coaches, but many people still cast a wary eye towards life coaches.   The term new age, weird, and freak come to mind a lot apparently.   Yesterday, I heard [...]

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Holiday Grace Class by Week

By Elise | Published: November 9, 2011

Here’s a quick video walking your through my newest online class – Holiday Grace.  The video is not perfect, and that’s okay.  (You see how easy that whole embracing imperfection thing can be?  Give it a try dahling!)  The class is $59 for the 7 weeks. Class starts next Monday, November 14. And of course, [...]

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Lots of Tears

By Elise | Published: November 2, 2011

Every few months, I revisit the idea that I would like to have another baby.   My son is 6 now, and it is starting to be quite painful when he sits on my lap.  He’s getting kind of squirmy and sharp elbowed these days. I miss holding a sleeping baby.  I miss nursing, (not to [...]

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70% Wins

By Elise | Published: October 24, 2011

I had 22 things on my to-do list today.  I accomplished 15 of them, and that’s a win! It is tempting to live in stress and keep going until everything is finished, but I say – no, no, no. On the rare occasion that I am able to finish everything I think I need to [...]

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Parenting Book Overload

By Elise | Published: October 2, 2011

If you type “parenting” into the amazon search field with “books” selected in the search options, it returns 61,731 results. Yikes! If I read one book a week for the first 10 years of my child’s life, it wouldn’t even be 1% of the available options. As Chief Peaceful Momma, I try to keep up [...]

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Crappy Day Contest

By Elise | Published: September 30, 2011

I’ve been having a seriously crappy day, but I managed to turn it around. This video is not perfect, and that’s okay. Please forgive me and my technological reality.   So, how about you?  Let’s play – who has had the worst day?  I’m giving away 3 one-on-one coaching sessions to the winners…and I’ll help [...]

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