Photo Credit: Alex Green, Pexels We all get hooked. Someone cuts us off in traffic. A conversation doesn’t go the way we expected. We read something in the news that sends us spinning. Someone says something that lands wrong, and suddenly we can feel the reaction moving through our body. Sometimes we notice it, take a breath, and move on. But sometimes we can’t. The thought follows us into the next hour. Then into the evening. Maybe into the next day. We replay the conversation. We wonder...

You know that moment when something happens and you can feel yourself react almost before you know what you’re reacting to? Your body knows. Maybe your chest tightens. Your jaw clenches. Your stomach drops. There’s a rush of heat. And then your mind catches up. Suddenly you’re having an entire conversation in your head about what just happened, what that person meant, what they shouldn’t have said, what you should have said, and why none of this should be happening in the first place. You’ve...

"I just need a good plan." How many times have you said some version of that? A better morning routine. A more realistic to-do list. Three priorities instead of ten. A new calendar system. A better way to organize the day. Sometimes we really do need a better plan - and sometimes the plan isn't the problem. I was reminded of this recently while coaching someone I've worked with off and on for a while. She came into our session frustrated by all the things she wasn't getting done. There was...