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Healing Skills You Never Knew You Had

March 20, 2015 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. When we scraped our knees as children, we came to believe that healing required some resource outside our bodies to be applied to the injury in order for it to heal. As adults,

Qualities of Effective Leadership

February 20, 2015 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. By the time you read this, all of the "leaders" we have installed in the U.S. Congress have been on the job for more than a month. They are the people we elected to lead our country into

Feelin' Good

January 16, 2015 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. After the recent past holidays, are you feeling really good? After implementing all your New Year's resolutions, are you feeling optimally well? If we were to devote as much energy

Holiday Stillness

December 4, 2014 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. We are in the middle of the busy "holiday season." Most of us are running around frantically searching for gifts, preparing celebrations, eating too much, drinking too much and sleeping

The Irrestibly Attractive Parent

October 7, 2014 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. Attention parents! Marketing your goods, services and knowledge by selling them to your children, doesn't work anymore. In the `90's, we often didn't know the benefits or features

Install New Habits and Change Your Life

August 12, 2014 | Practical life coaching

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D. Most of us spend entirely too much time trying to change old habits. We identify those habits we don't like, and make efforts to get rid of them, or stop ourselves from engaging in