Want to see if life consulting is a good fit for you? Get in touch to set up a free 30 minute consult. Click Here What my clients are saying: I left every session with more clarity and understanding of myself, my gifts and talents and my genuine desires. – Delphine, London, UK Read more […]| Clarity Life Consulting
Discerning how we spend our lives is more important than how we spend our money.| Clarity Life Consulting
Do we discern how we trade our time? We can be less tired if we pay attention to how we spend our time.| Clarity Life Consulting
The reason we're so tired all the time has less to do with hours spent sleeping and more to do with hours, energy, and emotions spent on things that simply do not hold value for us.| Clarity Life Consulting
Do you enjoy going to museums, being immersed in a work of art? Or a symphony, where you are plunged into the music? Are you content to just be in nature, surrounded by beauty? Or, do you start to feel bored after a roomful of paintings? A bit anxious by the third movement of the […]| Clarity Life Consulting
(Learn to Discern, Principle #6) When working as a university professor, I had more than one conversation with a student that followed these lines: Me: What are you studying for your major field? Student: Accounting. Me: That’s great- so you really enjoy accounting? Student: I’m not sure. Me: You aren’t sure if you like it? […]| Clarity Life Consulting
(Learn to Discern, Principle #9) Have you ever found yourself looking for help with difficult decision, only to leave the conversation feeling like the other person’s ideas just didn’t fit? Or worse, have you ever followed a piece of advice, only to realise later that it was terrible advice for you, even if the person […]| Clarity Life Consulting
(Learn to Discern Principle #2) Has this ever happened to you? You have a big project coming up, and you’re nervous, even if there isn’t much, logically, to be nervous about. You’ve planned well, you’ve done your homework, and you’ve prepared for the unexpected as best you can. And yet, you have a stomach-ache. Or […]| Clarity Life Consulting
Anne Boegel has a great piece up on time management. Instead of the usual, “here are better ways to save time,” she reflects on the feeling of having more time. Here’s her insight: Hurrying makes you feel hurried. Isn’t this just a truism? Maybe. But I found myself nodding in agreement, because I’ve spent the last […]| Clarity Life Consulting
I once had a job offer that I was fairly excited about. It was the kind of thing I enjoyed doing and the employer seemed to think I would be an excellent fit. The only difficulty was the calendar: I needed to be assured that the school schedule they followed would work for me. We […]| Clarity Life Consulting
4 Reasons it’s Difficult to Be Honest with Yourself | Clarity Life Consulting
How to Practice Discernment When God is Silent | Clarity Life Consulting
(Learn to Discern, Principle #10) When was the last time you spent 10 minutes in total silence? No noise, no distractions, no background ambiance: just total, complete silence? This was a question I asked some high school students several years ago (before smart phones were even the norm.) Most of them said that they had […]| Clarity Life Consulting
Whether it’s a good friend, a child, or a spouse, we all have someone in our lives we’d like to communicate better with. Here are seven tips that can help: |ONE| It takes time. I don’t just mean that it takes a while to move from bad communication to good communication, which is true. I […]| Clarity Life Consulting
Honesty is hard. Honesty with other people is hard – but sometimes honesty with ourselves is even harder. On the one hand, it’s just us! We’ve seen it all – so what’s the big deal? On the other, sometimes it’s just easier to bury the truth, swallow a lie, live in denial, rather than face […] The post 4 Reasons it’s Difficult to Be Honest with Yourself appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
It can be hard to distinguish when we’re just getting distracted in discernment, and when we’re legitimately drawn to something that ought to become a factor. In other words, what deserves our attention and what doesn’t? The post What to Do if You’re Distracted in Discernment appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
Let’s talk about gifts. I love talking about gifts, by which I don’t mean wrapped presents. I mean things we often call talents or abilities or skills or ‘things we’re fairly good at’. Theologians love debating the spiritual natures of gifts – what is a charism, how many are there, do / how they differ […] The post How to Start Using Your God-Given Gifts Well appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
Sometimes in discernment we find ourselves stuck. Here are five things that get in the way of discernment. The post Things that Get in the Way of Discernment appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
How busy are you? Whether you have a taxing job, a long commute, or are home with children, life in our technologically-heavy world can feel fast – too fast – all the time. We’re always hurrying, which makes us feel hurried. It’s difficult and counter-cultural to just slow down a bit. And yet, we all say we want to be less […] The post 5 Simple Ways to Help You Slow Down and Feel Less Busy appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
What’s your advice-taking tendency? As I was brainstorming this blog post, I texted a friend, asking, “how do you take advice?” and she replied, “not very well!” I think many of us can relate. 🙂 Some of us just don’t enjoy receiving advice in almost any circumstance. Others of us tend to take advice from […] The post How Do You Take Advice? And Why Knowing Can Help You Practice Discernment Better appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
Overcoming perfectionism is a life-long process that begins with letting go of false ideas about ourselves and God. But it also requires concrete, practical steps: and sometimes overcoming perfectionism starts with making mistakes. Maybe you’re the kind of person who isn’t too bothered by mistakes in general—if so, this post probably isn’t for you 🙂 […] The post One Simple Practice for Overcoming Perfectionism: A Space for Mistakes appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
If we want something different in life, we have to become a different type of person in the process. The post If You Want to Make a Change, Think About the Inside First appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
If you’re reading this, you’re the recipient of someone else’s creative gift. Somebody, somewhere, decided to come up with a written alphabet. Somebody, somewhere, taught me to write it and you to read it. Somebody, somewhere, got really into numbers and came up with a system for language comprised of 1s and 0s and somebody […] The post You Have Creative Gifts: Here’s How to Find Them appeared first on Clarity Life Consulting.| Clarity Life Consulting
In the practice of discernment, God's silence isn't as simple as we might think.| Clarity Life Consulting
We don't always have the same amount of energy for everything. Figure out how you're spending yours and why it might be making you so tired.| Clarity Life Consulting
