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Cathy Gaynor
Trusting Your Direction
Recently, I’ve noticed that I have been using my GPS or navigation system on my phone more frequently. Even when I know the way, I engage the navigation – just in case there is a faster way. And I engage it even if I know that faster way, because there may be an even newer,…
Holding Back?
What is holding you back? What is weighing you down? What are you holding on to too tightly? Recently, I became aware of something that I was holding on to, carrying the baggage, feeling the weight of. Awareness is key to change. Take some quiet time to reflect today.
Happy 4th of July
Happy 4th of July. This weekend, take time to celebrate the people in your life who have served or are serving our country. The freedom we all have in our country contributes to our happiness and well-being. I am so grateful for the freedom that we are blessed with. I often think of my family…
Everything you need to build resilient relationships. . .
. . . you learned in kindergarten! I love the phrase “common sense is not always common practice.” It is so true! I believe if we thought logically about how we would like to act or show up in our relationships, our actions and interactions would be different. Our relationships would be positively impacted by those logical beliefs…
Does being grateful necessarily mean being satisfied?
I work with several clients who, immediately after discussing an area of their lives they feel is somehow lacking, delve right into all the things they are grateful for – healthy children, their job, etc. It’s almost as if they feel guilty for wanting more, when in fact it was that very “wanting” which brought…
Connectedness in your relationships
Recently I have been intrigued with the concept of connectedness. The online definition intrigued me further:united, joined, or linked. joined together in sequence; linked coherently: connected ideas. We are all connected in our relationships and interactions. Everything we do – every action or reaction – has an effect on all the people around us, even…
Do you trust?
From the first time we’re tossed in the air as a baby – and caught – to the first time our own babies are tossed in the air – and caught – we are learning about trust … the trust we have in others, and the trust others have in us. Beginning with that relationship…
Your Car Connection
So many of us with busy schedules are finding less and less time to connect with our significant relationships. Over the past couple years, I have found that some of the best connections with my people have happened in the car; using that time between activities and commitments to connect and be present with each…
Relationships are a marathon … not a sprint.
In my moving-fast, “get it done” plan of action for this week, I once again overlooked a fundamentally important element of that plan – I forgot to take the time in my significant relationship to share our mutual intention. It then seems less like an intention and more like me, barking orders or giving suggestions…
Time for you to Bloom!
Spring officially arrived on March 20, and I am already getting spring fever with the latest crop of nice weather. The sunny days, warm temperatures and budding flowers not only make me feel more energized – they make me feel like I have a clean slate, somehow. Like the flowers every year, they make me…