Honestly, I am not sure where I would be today without coaching. I know one thing for sure – alone and lonely! For many years I carried around a lot of self-loathing. Naturally, I didn’t realize that was what was going on, because my frustration and anger was directed outward – to all those people who weren’t doing things right.  I thought I was pretty subtle about these feelings as I never overtly confronted anyone, but I was really good with the sarcastic barbs. I could shoot those suckers with some true accuracy. Truly, I don’t think I was fooling anyone. I blamed everyone for my circumstances, I was unhappy all the time, which was illuminated when my daughter said to me “mom you’re never happy anymore” and I didn’t like being around people, because I could always find a reason why I didn’t like them.

Can you think of anyone in your life like that – always having a negative attitude, blaming everyone and everything for their current circumstances, always having something negative to say? I think we all have someone like that in our lives or recognize that in ourselves (even if you aren’t willing to admit it) – I know I wasn’t when my mother was kind enough to point it out – naturally I told her she was wrong.