This Is Not Your Daddy’s Coaching Method… Muscle Testing?  Chakras?  Come on… What is this? New age psycho babble?? To some who don’t care to look beyond the surface, yes.   In fact, I used to think so myself . . . until a wise, but fairly orthodox chiropractor in Macon, Georgia in the mid-1970’s showed me a whole new way to self-knowledge… and rocked my world!  Since then I have been slowly uncovering the wisdom revealed by this  powerful method. It Works! I bring up these subjects because – as a Life or Business Coach – you want to do the... (Read More ...)

Subway Fresh? The Subway franchise’s latest venture into marketing humor involves poking fun at life coaches..  OK, so we’re fair game, but in my opinion this ad is actually a good thing. You see, if our profession (in this case diet coaching) is the subject of derision, it can only mean that enough people understand what a “life coach” is to be able to get the underlying humor!  So this is a time to celebrat4e the trend . . . the trend is your friend!  Someone famous once said that bad publicity is better than no publicity.  If life coaching comes across as just a... (Read More ...)

The Taj The Taj Mahal in Agra There is NO place like the Taj Mahal in Agra, India!  Yes, we’ve been to ancient cities, stayed at luxury hotels, meditated in high-energy ashrams, touched large Buddhas and even whole kingdoms carved out of stone.  But “The Taj” is a Wonder of the World for a special reason . . . it speaks to all of us in such a way that it makes your heart melt! Once there, I didn’t want to leave. The magnificence of the materials, and the way the whole thing soars majestically into the sky and into our minds, left me rather speechless.  I found a tiny... (Read More ...)

Sir Anton… Wow – what a week!  So much to tell you , but writing blogs here is challenging…. I’ll cover the highlights. Ifthi picked us up in Negombo and took us to Galle, with a side trip to Colombo and a nostalgic visit to the home and clinic of my former teacher and mentor, Dr. Sir Anton Jayasuyia, who passed away in 2005.  Anton’s clinic, formerly called Medicina Alternativa when I was there in 1987, has been renamed Sir Anton Jayasuriya International Center of Acupuncture in his honor.  It is currently thriving, and still attracts doctors and acupuncture students... (Read More ...)