Posts by Lynne Brown
Year End – The Beginning
Here we are, it’s the last month of the year. Time to review and plan. I’m aways surprised at how often people set New Year’s resolutions and never take time to review what happened and what didn’t happen in the current year. Given that it’s difficult to make new plans if you don’t know where…
Read MoreLet’s Talk: about words
Let’s talk about words. Words? Yes, words. Why? Because words are the core of our existence. We use words to communicate with others and to communicate with ourselves. When we look at a clock, it is likely we are saying the time to ourselves. When we look at our baby peacefully sleeping, it…
Read MoreResistance
You know what I mean, resistance. Sometimes, I feel like I’m facing the Borg and hearing “Resistance is futile” It is true, yet it happens and when you have a big decision to make, resisting doing it can seem like a good idea. Now, we know it’s not, and that’s the beauty of resistance, it makes bad ideas look good.
Read MoreStuck
Stuck often happens to us when there is a decision to make. Do I do this or that, go or stay, say yes or no or maybe? Then comes the internal dialogue and it’s probably not going to be useful. I find when I get stuck the more I obsess about the issue, the more obsessing I do. Over time I’ve learned techniques to clear my mind and help me make a decision.
Read MoreStill Here
This is my first post under my new business name of Lynne Brown Coaching and it follows upon a number of posts I wrote under the name of Orca Coaching. What changed? How did I make the decision to rebrand myself and why did I make the decision?
Read MoreYear End – Family
Family. What to say about family and the year end? Indeed how do you define who your family is? For some of us it is mom, dad and kids, or 2 dads and kids or 2 moms and kids. Or even just a couple with no kids. However you define family there are questions worth…
Read MoreYear End – Work
It’s year end and we are looking at work – love it or hate it, work is usually a big part of our lives. Unless you are independently wealthy, chances are you work to earn a living. It is work which pays for your necessities and maybe a couple of extras. When I think of…
Read MoreJournal Writing – Being Blocked
Writing in your journal is like any other writing because you can get blocked. Either you can’t motivate yourself to put pen to paper or when you do nothing comes. You tap your pen, you doodle, you stare into space and not one word gets written. Then you get frustrated and its downhill from there.…
Read MoreJournal Writing – Resources
This is the last blog in the series. It’s been fun to write and share information on something I have been doing since Grade 8, which was some time ago. Following is a list of books I have read, worked through and kept in my library. “One To One Self Understanding Through Journaling” by Christina…
Read MoreJournal Writing – Techniques
There are so many choices and techniques for writing in a journal that I am not sure where to start. The technique most people are familiar with is what I call the brain dump or free writing. It is a case of picking up pen or putting hands to keyboard and just letting everything on…
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