Beginnings: Time For A Fresh Start Spring is set to hit in the next few days. And just in time for us all to make a fresh start and a new beginning! Don’t know about you, but it has been a long winter. Finally the days are starting to get longer and we managed to […]
Author: Ron Lafleur
Loving What Is: The Work by Byron Katie
Loving What Is: The Work Every once in awhile, a book comes out that is a real watershed moment in terms of helping us to see reality from a different perspective. Byron Katie’s Loving What Is, is just such a book. After a difficult life filled with many problems, among them alcohol abuse, she woke […]
There Is No Shame
There Is No Shame In Reaching Out! Shame and guilt, are two of the lowest energies that keep us stuck, and drag us down! Shame and guilt keep us mired in terrible feelings of inadequacy and low self-worth. If people were better able to overcome their feelings of shame, guilt and isolation, then they would […]
Relationship Post-Valentine’s Now What?
The Relationship Goes On, Or It Doesn’t! Relationship recovery, relationship growth, or relationship endings! These are likely to be the results that a lot of us are faced with after going through Valentine’s Day as a couple. So here we are on the other side of Valentine’s Day. Hopefully most of us made it through. […]
Valentine’s: A Semi-Annual Call To Consciousness
Valentine’s Day: Mmmmm or Yikes? Valentine’s Day is often synonymous with romantic love. It is an opportunity to demonstrate how much our romantic partner means to us, and for them to show us how important we are to them. That is if all is going well. If things aren’t going well in our romantic relationships, […]
Jung On Relationships: A Mini-Primer
Relationships Have It: It’s All There Relationships are probably one of biggest sources of problems, challenges, and opportunities that we come face to face with in our everyday lives. Who’s bothering you? Carl Jung This rather amazing quote is attributed to Carl Jung. In my opinion, one of the greatest and deepest thinkers of early […]
So Much Loss in 2016
Loss Seems To Be Everywhere Loss of a loved one, or a family member, is never easy. Especially if that loss occurs under tragic circumstances. Lately, we seem to be bombarded by stories of one famous or well known person after another, dying in the early part of 2016 so far. Whether it be David […]
Stress Busters #1 Finances
Finances Causing You Stress? Chances are, that like most people, your finances may beĀ causing you to feel stressĀ at this time of year. By about this time, the credit card statements start rolling in, detailing how much we “saved” on those sales that just seemed too tempting to resist before Christmas. If that wasn’t bad enough, […]
Happy New Year’s Counselling?
New Year’s Counselling? The start of the new year brings hope for a fresh start. It is hardly the time that people like to think about, let alone consider counselling! The sad part is, that while each new year does bring fresh hope, unfortunately it also brings with it the same problems that we had […]
Communication Tip # 3: Being Interested!
Communication Enhancer: Be Authentically Interested One sure way to improve communication, and to ensure the right amount of energy, is to actually be authentically interested in what the other person has to say. This may sound logical, or even unnecessary to say, but in a world where we routinely greet each other by asking? Hello, […]