Life Granola
“Just made this tonight. It's wonderful.” Yum! A recipe arrived from my son … and it made me think. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could mix all the very best ingredients up in a large bowl, bake it and have a wonderful life? This is Cat Wilson with a lovely and yummy...
Laying Fresh Layers with Quiet Time
Did you ever stop to think ... what you were putting into your mind? Then it is time! Let's talk about laying fresh layers with "Quiet Time" for you in quiet meditation. It is almost like transcendental meditation. You allow your mind to be clear for a while. Every...
Sweet Pause
It is early morning, and as I get up I am feeling very grateful for the beauty of this day. The sun is just coming up. I can hear the sounds of the morning, including morning birds, ... doves, sweet chirping and a very sweet pause, a quiet stillness. This stillness...
Intersections of Life
“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes. Is your life a colorful hero's journey? Some people give very serious attention to their goal. Setting intention, growth goals, education, and joining associations aligned with...
What Big Question Can Your Reach for?
In the world of coaching, the game is "Questions." Like in the movie based on Hamlet "Rosencranz and Gildenstern are Dead" there is a question and an answer, and it pings back and forth in play. Do you want to play questions? Coaching players can expect to bounce...
Story Behind the Story
Over the past few days, I have been vegging out on videos at home. Why? I caught a flu bug. Movies help me go beyond the bug. Entering into a story helps me focus on something else besides me. Let's focus. This is about the story behind the story. One video I saw...
Confidence is the Name of the Game
"Each and every child has a potential, and if there's one person who believes in them, they get closer to that potential," Wilson said. Yes, and I remember the moment. Victoria Blake of the Beaverton Valley times quoted me in her article entitled "Rising Stars" on...
Have You FODMAP'd Lately?
Are you on a special diet? Or as Garfield the cat would say "Die with a T." There seems to be a different diet for every person I meet. It's important to have harmony in your diet. What is FODMAP? When I worked in the dietary department of a hospital, I was part of...
Recital in Your Ear?
Ring, Ring! Chirp, Chirp! Hummmmm. Do you experience ringing in your ear called tinnitus? Has your doctor and ENT specialist done all they could? Are you open to other options? Hypnotherapy may be an option. Recital in Your Ear? Recently I went to my daughter’s...
A Tree of Values
What is important to you? Why is that important? It all adds up to "values." Over the week-end I trained a class in NLP. We discussed state management and the values that contributed to these states. I asked participants what was important to them and they...