Life Coach Gerri

“The synonym for perfect is boring.”
Maureen Traynor
As a young teen, I swam competitively. I was pretty good too! Rarely did I come in first; there were two girls in my swimming league who were much better than me, so often I finished second or third. “You could have beaten her, if you only tried harder.” [...]

This of course, comes from the Bible, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses on the mountain. Growing up, I resented every time my father quoted this. It usually meant that I wouldn’t get something I wanted or would be doing something that wasn’t on my personal agenda!
The dictionary describes honor as to regard [...]

Have you ever been immobilized in fear about making a decision?  I’ve imagined the best and the worst outcomes, scripted various scenarios, weighed the advantages/disadvantages. What if it is a bad decision? What if it is the wrong decision?
Wouldn’t it be great to look at decisions in a different light? What if they were not [...]

“Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This morning I woke up as usual, with the urgent puppy kisses of one little black dog who needed to go out. Sigh! It was 6:30 [...]