The Power to Act

A Time Apart

Judith O'Connor — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:31:17 +0000

There are those that say that the speed of life is accelerating. I understand that the world is not spinning faster on its axis, but there is little doubt that a by-product of the technological and information ages is that change happens quicker. Through all of the change, this one coaching axiom continues to sustain [...]

Giddy and Focused: Simultaneous Magic

Judith O'Connor — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:04:54 +0000

I got the news this week – I test for my First Degree Black Belt Certification in less than fourteen days. It’s got my Black Belt a year ago in April and I’ve known it would happen before year end, but I never expected it to happen so quickly, so now. Usually, I show up [...]

Balancing My Wholeness: Masculine And Feminine

Judith O'Connor — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:23:26 +0000

A dear friend recently proposed the following question to me: What will it take for you to embrace the greatness inherent in being a woman? The inquiry exploded within me. The arid land that is my intuitive, feminine nature became exposed to the glaring light of day, and I sat there frozen and speechless. It’s [...]

Applying Fresh Paint

Judith O'Connor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:00:18 +0000

I spent the week overseeing workers at my home—and I loved every moment of it. I’ve been tolerating the look of my back bedroom for ever since I moved into this house twelve years ago, and the relief I felt in beginning the project was palpable. When I first saw this house, I was drawn [...]

The Gift Of My Beloved

Judith O'Connor — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:54:15 +0000

Each February my husband and I celebrate not only Valentine’s Day, but his birthday just five days later. What to get the man who has everything? I thought this year. Then I realized that the one thing more precious than a gold watch, or an even larger flat screen television, would be to fully share [...]

Unfolding The Gift Of Anxiety

Judith O'Connor — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:24:50 +0000

I was three days into a seven-day vacation in sunny Cozumel, Mexico with my sister Fran before I realized that I felt jittery and unsettled. I felt like a coin that kept perpetually spinning on its side, refusing to come to a stop. I couldn’t relax. What was that all about? Heaven knows that relaxing [...]

Darkness Before The Light

Judith O'Connor — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:32:33 +0000

It’s early January with the festive glow of Christmas and New Year’s fading into the background of my daily life. The sun is warming our day, and with its bright presence, redefining winter. Today the temperature will break sixty degrees, yet there is crispness in the air. Is winter over? I sure hope not. Instead, [...]

My Hopeful Heart

Judith O'Connor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:47:34 +0000

There is something new going on within me. I’m feeling strong and happy. Not a giddy hyper-happiness that has me flitting from one thing to another, bubbling over with joy. I’ve felt those feelings before, and this is different. This happiness has me greeting each day with a warm, contented smile that is still with [...]

In Thanksgiving

Judith O'Connor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:13:50 +0000

I’m a “Thanksgiving baby,” born during one of the last seven days of November. Actually, my twin brother and I were born on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, but we have always celebrated our birth on the auspicious national holiday. This year the two important celebrations coincide. I will celebrate this year with my dear [...]

Coming Home To Myself

Judith O'Connor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:38:29 +0000

On Friday afternoon, we packed our car and joined the hundreds of other vehicles clogging Interstate 290 traveling northwest out of Houston. As is our mode of operation, we filled our Starbucks cups with our drug of choice, cranked up the music, and shifted into vacation mode for the quiet weekend my husband had suggested. [...]