Posts Tagged ‘resentment’

“Me Time,” “Them Time,” And The Big Picture

Monday, December 14th, 2009

(Inspired by a comment I left on Stacey Shipman’s great post about me-time)
One common complaint I hear from people is that they don’t get enough “me time.”  That is, they spend too much time doing things for others, and not enough serving their own wants and needs, and they feel tired and resentful as a [...]

Do You Know What You Want?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Many people, including people who come to me for coaching, tell me they “don’t know what they want” in life.  Much of the time, however, this isn’t really true.  They’ve just fallen into the habit of saying they don’t know because they don’t feel safe telling people in their lives what they want.  They worry [...]

But You’ll Be “Unemployed”!

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

I have a friend who would like to start her own business as an interior designer, and leave her current 9-to-5 job as a computer programmer.  She’s convinced that she has the skills, the startup capital, the contacts and so forth to make it happen.  But she’s still too scared to make the change.  Why?  [...]