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Why Self-Care Gets a Bad Rap (and What to Do about It)

Self-care isn’t selfish. Why does that need to be asserted?It could be a neutral, self-evident statement, along the lines of, “Water isn’t dry.” To be alive is to have needs! Who better to know what those needs are and to meet them than the one who has them? Yet it must be…

Allison EvansJune 20, 2024

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Woman Sitting, Fingers Hovering Above a Keyboard

I was on retreat last week at The School for The Work. The Work is one of my favorite practices for finding clarity and freedom in daily life. The Work is a meditation. It doesn’t look like a meditation because it’s four questions, and questions look like cognitive tasks. But…

Allison EvansNovember 14, 2023

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Feeling at Capacity? Ask for Help.

Lately I’ve been worried that I’m forgetting to do something. That thought would come like a sneak attack during an otherwise happy day or peaceful night’s sleep and set my heart racing. It turned out I was right, but not in the way I feared. Getting to the Answer “What’s…

Allison EvansFebruary 9, 2023

Stop Suffering, Start Living

I Need to Make a Decision

How to Invite the "Next Right Step" Last week I wrote about a new approach to New Year’s resolutions. What if you want to be resolved about something, but you’re not? You want to act – feel like you should or even need to – but you are deadlocked within…

Allison EvansJanuary 22, 2021

Stop Suffering, Start Living

How to Coach Yourself When Things Are Out of Control

“Things are out of control.” That thought showed up in my self-coaching meditation this morning. I do it every day to know what’s on my mind, so that I can clear it and give the day a clean slate. I begin by journaling on the question that often begins my…

Allison EvansNovember 13, 2020

Getting Things Done

It’s Not an Interruption, It’s Life

Last week was unusually busy with meetings. I had a high number of client meetings, a couple of appointments, and two church committee meetings. I was also getting ready for the visit of my brother and niece, who timed their visit to be here for my son’s 16th birthday. So,…

Allison EvansOctober 30, 2020

Getting Things Done

Overcome Overwhelm for Good

A lot of the coaching I do is about coaxing insight: the client is stuck and doesn’t know what to do. In that case, it’s useful to identify the thinking that is limiting them. A limiting thought is like a box. When you identify the limiting thought, you point out…

Allison EvansSeptember 19, 2020

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