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Gratitude is the most overused word other than balance. I would include 'life coach', but alas, two words. The funny part is those that recite the word to others are usually the ones to rarely put it into use when the test comes. Yet it's the times when it's inconvenient that we need to remember it.

This weekend alone, I have helped 3 women all belonging to the group, through 'scary' decisions professionally. Coming to the realization that you aren't doing what you love, or you aren't getting what you think you want, or not going anywhere and thinking of yourself as a failure all feel shitty and depressing.

I had a conversation with a female friend of mine who was talking to me about a guy she was friends with. He expressed to her he wanted their relationship to go to the next level and start dating. She was telling me that she has been hurt and wasn't ready for a relationship and didn't want to jeopardize their current friendship.

A few friends were having a problem finding a job and blamed the 'economic climate' for it. Nonesense. I coached them all the same way, and voila! They all got jobs. I then tried the same techniques with a Gov. group that helps new immigrants find jobs, and the same thing!

It seems as though some of you are going though a bit of a 'slump' period right now. Maybe you feel you are taking a step backwards? Yesterday a friend came over and we spent a few hours talking in the afternoon. She told me that as one of the tops in her marketplace of food, she is now working for a little catering company. My friend won top chef before she even graduated from her school.

Thank you to all of you that wrote back about my last note for the complete disdain of the title of 'life coach' given to any human that has the same problems as the person they are 'life coaching'.

As much as my ego loves hearing back from those who agree, feel free to tell me I'm full of sh*t. All I ask is that you post it on the group wall so all can read.

I haven't written in a while because I hate writing for the sake of it with
nothing to say. You all get enough emails, invites, requests and pokes to be
extra annoyed by me.

However when I got 3 emails over two weeks asking why I haven't written,
something has been coming up more and more which leads me to the following.

A woman I told this theory to, thought I should share this on the group, since she explained a lot of girls are going through this and it MAY clear certain things up for them. I didn't know this until I studied human dynamics through hypnosis and figured it out.The one thing a lot of women state is 'I'm not ready for a relationship'.

I was thinking this morning of what to write about. It seemed like I was
trying too hard, since the answer was hitting me over and over again. Three
people experienced tragedy today. Two of them you don't know, one is
an author of
mine and the other a friend. The third is singer/actress Jennifer Hudson.

All have gone through serious tragedies of loss of loved ones. All happened