by Debra Smouse | Oct 26, 2017 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
I had lunch with a girlfriend (and fellow coach) this week and we talked about EVERYTHING, as you do when you’re sitting across the table from someone you completely trust. We talk about each aspect of our story: love, life, parenting, food, relationships, and more....
by Debra Smouse | Oct 11, 2017 | Life's Lessons
I want you to know that I see you. You’re struggling to make it through the daily tasks on your to do list; working hard to keep a mask of a #blessed and oh-so-perfect life on your Facebook page. And, darling, I also hear you when you crawl into bed – way...
by Debra Smouse | Sep 29, 2017 | Feeling Burned Out, Stressed Out, Overwhelmed & Exhausted
So, you’re having a bad day. Or maybe a crappy week. Or maybe experiencing a series of days upon days of a funky blue feeling you just can’t shake. And you’re tired of it, so tired of your heart hurting and general malaise. So tired of that sense of ennui and...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 16, 2017 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If I were to be completely honest with you, darling, it’s that despite my love for order, I’m often a workweek slob. You could walk into my home any Saturday afternoon or Monday morning and you’d find a home that is neat and tidy. But drop by on a...
by Debra Smouse | Jul 21, 2017 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All, Life's Lessons
If there is one thing I can tell you about managing your life so that you can love it, it’s this: no matter how blessed you feel most of the time, there will always be stresses and challenges. The way you manage those challenges will define the reactions you choose. I...
by Debra Smouse | May 26, 2017 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Since beginning my coaching practice seven years ago, one of my annual traditions is to catalog my lessons learned over the last trip around the sun around my birthday. Taking time to sit with the awareness around what have become my truths is not only about honoring...
by Debra Smouse | May 5, 2017 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
She conspiratorially leaned into me over a recent lunch “I never knew how great a red bra and matching undies could make me feel.” She was seventy before she purchased a bra that wasn’t white or black and had discovered a whole new sense of confidence when she...
by Debra Smouse | Aug 26, 2016 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
Each and every day, I am inspired by the raw honesty and vulnerability of the people I work with. Clients, colleagues, and friends fuel my mind and my spirit. They remind me that this human experience is both glorious and hard. I’m constantly amazed by the way I...
by Debra Smouse | May 18, 2016 | How To Fall In Love With Your Life Once & For All
It is the year 2016 and I am turning forty-eight. Every year at this time, I catalog the lessons I’ve learned in the previous year. I do this, not just to have the record of what lessons I learned, but also to serve as a reminder of what I am choosing: the continual...
by Debra Smouse | Mar 11, 2016 | Strategies To Get Your Life On Track
If you were a fairy hiding in my house today, you would have found me on my knees, under my desk, wiping down my baseboards with a Swiffer. I know: I have such a glamorous life. Yet, I know that I’ll be much happier with spring around the corner if I take some...
by Debra Smouse | Feb 26, 2016 | Life's Lessons
How do we manage the uncomfortable feel of liminal spaces in our lives? It’s a question that’s come up in more than one conversation recently with clients, colleagues, and friends in recent weeks. Why does this happen and what can we do about it? It’s a funky time of...
by Debra Smouse | Nov 20, 2015 | Life's Lessons
Is this the Holiday Season or Complaint season? Lines are too long, checkers are too slow, and there’s too much traffic. I was remind how it can feel like complaint season when I went to Target this afternoon for paper towels and laundry detergent. It was the...