Category Archives: understanding

Courageous Feedback

Posted on September 6, 2021 by catelabarrecoach

I’ve been facilitating workshops for decades. My first “front of the room” experience was as a Reiki master, sharing this healing modality with college students, healthcare workers, and even a few nuns. It was a huge stretch for me and … Continue reading →

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Leaning into Uncertainty

Posted on December 2, 2020 by catelabarrecoach

I have not been writing, except a bit in my journal. Even then, I pick up a pen and have few words to describe the strangeness of my feelings. After all, I’ve never lived through a pandemic before. Notice I … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Perspective

Posted on April 27, 2020 by catelabarrecoach

Is this gander running toward or running away? Fight or flight? ** God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change… I cannot change the pandemic. I choose do my part. Here in New York State … Continue reading →

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Lessons from a Warbler

Posted on December 9, 2019 by catelabarrecoach

A week ago, during a 30 inch snowfall over two days, a bird that I did not recognize showed up at our suet feeder. His little beak told me that he was a bug-eater, not a seed-cracking year-round resident. I … Continue reading →

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Loss and Longing

Posted on July 15, 2019 by catelabarrecoach

This morning, as I was folding towels just out of the dryer, I was overcome. It took a few beats for the emotion to surface. I commented to my husband that the old striped dish towels, worn but usable for … Continue reading →

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My teacher – Beatrice

Posted on May 3, 2019 by catelabarrecoach

I haven’t ventured to blog post in over a year. I’m not clear about the reason, but it seems to have to do with my own “rumbling” with an overload of social media, too much bad news, and distractions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brené Brown, compassion, gift giving, life coach, self-acceptance, self-compassion, stay engaged, Uncategorized, understanding, vulnerability | Tagged aging, self-care, self-talk | 7 Comments

Just say NO

Posted on April 5, 2018 by catelabarrecoach

When the topic of “boundaries” was introduced in my very first coaching training (with Debbie Ford and The Ford Institute in 2004), I was dumbfounded. It’s not that I had never heard of boundaries, I just didn’t understand how boundaries operated … Continue reading →

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Manifesting or Revealing?

Posted on March 15, 2018 by catelabarrecoach

I’m bombarded with messages about how to “manifest” dreams and desires. It all seems so mysterious and out of reach, like there is some secret method to unlock the code and if I pay $$$ the code will be mine. … Continue reading →

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In Difficult Times

Posted on March 27, 2017 by catelabarrecoach

Now and then over the last few weeks, I’ve been jogged by a memory of an interview I gave for feministing online magazine a number of years ago. I recall that it was after the financial downturn which left many … Continue reading →

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Renewed Purpose

Posted on December 12, 2016 by catelabarrecoach

Sometimes I am amazed at how NOT in the moment I can be. For the last 18 months I’ve been waiting for the increasingly divisive and derisive campaign to be OVER, as though THAT was going to save me and … Continue reading →

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