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How to Take Responsibility for Your Life

Author: Catharine EctonFeb 04Categories: Getting to Know Catharine, Inspiration, Life Coaching

How to Take Responsibility for Your Life

Getting to Know Catharine, Inspiration, Life Coaching

Are you someone who often wishes for your life to be different? Perhaps you wish you lived in a different place or had a different job. Maybe you think that if the right person came along, your life would feel complete. As a Life Coach in Washington,...

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How Emotionally Intelligent People Handle Criticism

Author: Catharine EctonJan 17Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Inspiration, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching No Comments

How Emotionally Intelligent People Handle Criticism

Emotional Intelligence, Inspiration, Life Coaching, Transition Coaching

As a Washington, DC based Life Coach, I’ve found this to be true: none of my life coaching clients welcome criticism. It’s human nature to enjoy being right and feel a sense of hurt when we’re wrong. HOWEVER … the right type of...

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Life Coaching for the New Year: The Power of Cozy

Author: Catharine EctonJan 02Categories: Career Coaching, Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, New You No Comments

Life Coaching for the New Year: The Power of Cozy

Career Coaching, Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, New You

In my Washington, DC Life Coaching, I find that many of my clients have created a life that’s stuck in stone, a calendar full of shoulds, people pleasing, self-doubt and fears that are obeyed instead of challenged. Busy people often feel they are...

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10 Mindfulness Tips from the DC Life Coach to Help Combat Holiday Stress

Author: Catharine EctonDec 17Categories: Holiday Challenge, Inspiration, Life Coaching No Comments

10 Mindfulness Tips from the DC Life Coach to Help Combat Holiday Stress

Holiday Challenge, Inspiration, Life Coaching

It’s mid-December, and the holiday season is in full swing! If you’re like me, you’re enjoying the fun, the family, the celebrations, the mad dash to finish things up before the end of the year. It’s exciting! But more often than...

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The Life Coach Says: My Top 25 Ways to Open Yourself to New Possibilities

Author: Catharine EctonDec 07Categories: Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, New You No Comments

The Life Coach Says: My Top 25 Ways to Open Yourself to New Possibilities

Inspiration, Life Coaching, New Year, New You

I often look at interesting architecture, like the building pictured, and wonder how the architect came up with such new innovative ideas. How can we free ourselves up from what’s been done in the past and begin to see what’s possible? My...

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The DC Life Coach’s Holiday Challenge: 7 Ways to Listen

Author: Catharine EctonNov 15Categories: Holiday Challenge, Life Coaching No Comments

The DC Life Coach’s Holiday Challenge: 7 Ways to Listen

Holiday Challenge, Life Coaching

Last year around this time, I wrote about setting a positive intention for the holiday season. Everything in life is a choice, even during the holiday season. The bottom line of that message for the holidays was this: a life of “have-to’s” creates...

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Tapping Into Your “Horse Sense”

Author: Catharine EctonNov 01Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Getting to Know Catharine, Life Coaching No Comments

Tapping Into Your “Horse Sense”

Emotional Intelligence, Getting to Know Catharine, Life Coaching

“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.” -W.C. Fields I was mesmerized by the interactions of a horse, unresponsive to training so far, and a professional “horse whisperer.” As the two interacted...

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Invite More Playfulness into Your Life

Author: Catharine EctonOct 11Categories: Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Authenticity, Life Coaching for Women

Invite More Playfulness into Your Life

Life Coaching, Life Coaching for Authenticity, Life Coaching for Women

Often, when my ambitious Washington, DC life coaching clients come to me with their “big goals” and aspirations, I ask them: “Where are you finding your creativity?” This is often met with blank stares. My hardworking clients...

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Goals & How to Make Them

Author: Catharine EctonSep 25Categories: General, Life Coaching

Goals & How to Make Them

General, Life Coaching

My life coaching clients come to me when they feel stuck, want to change something or want to do something different in their lives. They are looking for support, direction and coaching to help them reach their goals. For big or small goals, working every...

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Back to School: The Other New Year

Author: Catharine EctonSep 07Categories: Life Coaching

Back to School: The Other New Year

Life Coaching

Fall can be a refreshing new beginning for my Washington, DC area life coaching clients. Some call it “the other New Year” because it’s a time to re-set and re-focus. I love hearing from my grandchildren around this time. Their sense...

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