Posts by Maritza Parra
Dinner Table Tools to deal with difficult people during the holidays
This is the storyboard excerpt from Heartwork Journaling: Dinner Table Tools lesson 5 from the book. This lesson has helped people enjoy their holidays MUCH more (including ME!) How to deal with “difficult” people during the holidays. Purpose of this lesson: This lesson will help when you interact with people who regularly hook…
Read MoreCoaching – Are You Solving for the Symptoms or for the Cause?
Symptom Coaching vs. Causal Coaching I am a very proud life coach. Investing in your brain’s development may be THE SINGLE MOST important thing you ever do. Everyday, more people are seeing the value of having a coach. Yet many people still invest more in their monthly car payment, purchasing things that will depreciate…
Read MoreParable of the 2 arrows – Distinguishing between pain and suffering.
While painting this woman with 2 arrows, I was thinking about the parable of the 2 arrows. Watch the video above or read the parable below: Parable of the 2 Arrows Buddha once asked a student, “If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?” The student replied , “It is.” Buddha…
Read MorePerfectionism will kill your dreams – Produce Quantity to Create Quality
I get easily excited with new insights and “a-ha’s”. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve been so excited about a study that confirms, reconfirms, double-blind confirms what I’ve experienced with my self experiments battling perfectionism. Perfectionism Sucks Here the Brené Brown definition of perfectionism: The belief that if we do things perfectly, and look…
Read More[Heartwork Journaling Doodle] Risk Rejection to Follow Your Dreams
Success at anything is proportional to the number of people who hate you and the number of people who love you. Whenever you create something, you risk rejection. As I’ve become visible with Heartwork Journaling, as I’ve become braver and braver, I’ve noticed that the amount of people who love you and the amount of…
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