Tag Archives: healing

When You Know It’s Not OK

Posted on July 14, 2022 by catelabarrecoach

We like it when our patients are their own advocates, the nurse says to me when I say, I wouldn’t have had this testing done if I hadn’t requested an appointment. There were no red flags except I KNEW I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cate LaBarre, coaching, healing, life coaching, self-care, self-help, self-love, wellness | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Brené Brown, compassion, life coach, self-acceptance, self-compassion, Uncategorized, understanding, vulnerability | Tagged Brené Brown, Cate LaBarre, coaching, courage, feedback, healing, life coach, life coaching, personal coaching, self-care, self-help, self-love, shame, vulnerability, wellness, workshops | 10 Comments

Better than I was, but not as good as I used to be

Posted on September 27, 2017 by catelabarrecoach

My first true Adirondack hike, October 1998. I believed it was like walking in the woods, only with hiking boots. Halfway up Blue Mountain I was paralyzed in fear. Exposed granite, smooth rock, wet with recent rain and icy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Brené Brown, hiking, integrative coaching, life coach, purpose, self-acceptance, self-compassion, Uncategorized, vulnerability | Tagged Adirondacks, aging, believing, coaching, conscious aging, exercise, goals, healing, hiking, joy, kindness, life coach, life coaching, love, perspective | 4 Comments

Gluten Free, Scarcity and Enough

Posted on February 29, 2016 by catelabarrecoach

After a third suggestion by my nurse practitioner that I might like to try a gluten free lifestyle to alleviate some of my digestive and inflammatory issues, I decided to give it a try just after the new year. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Brené Brown, compassion, food obsession, life coach, self-acceptance, self-compassion, Uncategorized, vulnerability | Tagged Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, choices, chronic illness, diet, enough, gluten free, healing, health, life coach, life coaching, personal coaching, scarcity, self-care, self-healing, self-help, self-love, wellness, wheat belly | 6 Comments

Miracle and Mystery

Posted on December 28, 2015 by catelabarrecoach

My life has been profoundly impacted and contextualized by the fact that I contracted hepatitis C virus in the early 1970s. Diagnosed in 1995, this knowledge has weighed in on every choice I make. It has been the theme of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brené Brown, Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, choices, chronic hepatitis c, chronic illness, coaching, confidence, Debbie Ford, Harvoni, HCV, HCV treatment, healing, health, hepatitis C treatment, life coach, life coaching, miracles, mystery, personal coaching, self-care, self-healing, self-help, self-love, The Daring Way™, wellness | 11 Comments

self-KIND-ness

Posted on March 13, 2014 by catelabarrecoach

“My religion is kindness.” — His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama A few weeks ago, I was struck by the most amazing thought that sunk into the very core of my being. I have had a warped understanding of self-love. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beyond Addiction: Science and Kindness Help People Change, Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, choices, coaching, Debbie Ford, healing, health, inner critic, kindness, life coach, life coaching, love, negative self-talk, personal coaching, self-care, self-healing, self-help, self-kindness, self-love, self-talk, The Ford Institute, The Shadow Process, transformation, wellness | 2 Comments

Because I BELIEVE I Can

Posted on October 3, 2013 by catelabarrecoach

I gave up hiking for the better part of two years. Not because I wanted to, but because my body wouldn’t let me. There was no “believing” that could overcome the reality of the near impossibility, yes — even if … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beliefs, believing, Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, choices, chronic illness, coaching, confidence, Debbie Ford, exercise, healing, health, hiking, life coach, life coaching, personal coaching, self-care, self-healing, self-help, self-love, shadow beliefs, transformation, unconscious beliefs, wellness | 6 Comments

In Awe of Farmers & Farmer’s Markets

Posted on September 9, 2013 by catelabarrecoach

I moved to the country from the NYC suburbs when I was 24. Although my mother was an avid flower and vegetable gardener and we enjoyed her bountiful harvest, I never really appreciated how food got from the farm to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, back to the land movement, Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, Cherry Valley, coaching, Committee on Poetry, family farms, healing, health, Joy of the Journey Farm, Kilpatrick Family Farm, life coach, life coaching, love, passion, personal coaching, Saratoga Farmer's Market, Saratoga Springs, self-care, self-help, self-love, sustainability, sustainable agriculture, wellness | Leave a comment

Marketing Box [Trap]

Posted on September 4, 2013 by catelabarrecoach

Those of you who receive my Constant Contact newsletter know that I recently UNsubscribed to a bunch of newsletters and invited my readers to do the same. As “simple” as I believe my life to be, now that my son … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, coaching, confidence, Facebook, healing, health, life coach, life coaching, love, marketing, marketing traps, personal coaching, self-care, self-help, self-love, wellness | 2 Comments

Good Deeds

Posted on July 30, 2013 by catelabarrecoach

This little critter came into my life for four astonishing days. Last Thursday I nearly ran over her on my way to town. She was sunning himself on a chilly morning and I thought she was a plop of horse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cate LaBarre, Catherine LaBarre, cats, choices, coaching, feral cats, good deeds, healing, health, homeless pets, kittens, life coach, life coaching, love, no good deed goes unpunished, personal coaching, self-care, self-healing, self-help, self-love, wellness | 3 Comments