Laurie Gerber

The other day, I was in a knee-jerk control mode, trying to get my way with my kids. All the phenomena I experienced were familiar: in the middle of my rant, I felt noble, all my logic made perfect sense to me. The voices in my head sounded intelligent: They...

This is not your typical parenting list. This is a deeper cut into understanding your responsibilities as a parent and it's a little radical, so be prepared. The basic theory is this: your kids are going to turn into you. In many ways, you've turned into your parents (or a...

When I was your age, we didn't have cell phones or laptops.

When I was your age, we had to work for our spending money.

When I was your age, kids respected their parents.

When I was your age, I walked barefoot to and from school, uphill both ways.

"When...

It feels so good. Is it really so bad?

I think it's too simple to say, "Judging is wrong," or "I am trying to be less judgmental." I hear it in yoga and spiritual circles all the time; we are quieting our minds to stop all the ceaseless judging. But...

Have you noticed that the New Agers are telling you to go toward your bliss? To notice what you love to do, what gives you pleasure and joy, and do more of that? Pshaw, I say. Gravitate to what you hate.

Here are some things I used to hate:

Thank God I'm a Life Coach, Not a Therapist

Recently, my husband and I spent two days coaching a couple once so in love, now on the brink of divorce. Though they had gone through plenty of therapy, there was little resolution. They were both in pain...

When surveyed, the most popular subject on which HG life coaching clients wanted coaching was time management. So I am dedicating today's blog to helping you stop squandering your time and feeling out of control about it. We live in an age where you can't possibly get everything...

Coaching implies a sideline and a field. As your coach, I am on the sideline while you are on the field in your life, with your people, playing the game. It's my job to get you really good at it, but your job isn't passing, shooting, running, defending the goal,...

Will Craig, my husband of 13 years (we've been together 18 so far and so far no cheating) and I have something really great going, but, as you know if you read my life coaching blog, it wasn't always so great. We both admire our parents' marriages and...

Once I had a client with a bad habit. I made her keep track and she found she was complaining to friends, several times a day. It seems like if we aren't busy putting others down to make ourselves feel better, then we are busy putting ourselves down to supposedly...

Yoga teaches us to live in the present moment. Yes. Certain schools of yoga posit that the present is the only reality, and all else is illusion -- yet our minds manufacture distracting "illusions" all the time. Our inner voices are constantly re-hashing situations, projecting, speculating, doubting. In yoga practice,...

You know how I love to take inventory and encourage you to do the same. If you've been following my blog, you probably already know this list. But for those of you who are new to my blog, here's an at-a-glance list of my top fears, most of...

In each Life Coaching Crash Course I've participated in and I have been involved in many, it seems universally true that we are all carrying around the burden of past disappointments, traumas and secrets. I believe the reason so many people feel confused and tired all the time...

Newsflash: the world needs you! The shared disillusion is palpable, as people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the limitations of organized religion. Be it in the wee hours of the morning, or with the culmination of every busy work day, they are increasingly turning to you for a sense of...

You already have what you want.

As I get ever closer to my dream of being able to impact huge numbers of people, I am reflecting on the journey I took to get here. If you had asked me a couple of years ago, I am not even sure I...

When a great new opportunity comes across your desk, is your first thought, "Yes!" or is it, "How could I make that happen?"

Upon reflection, I am sad to find that my mind usually tells me and everyone else "no" in response to anything new, at first. Sure, if the...

When I talk to leaders, I find out that a lot of them struggle with feeling like frauds. After all the work you do to succeed, do you sometimes still end up feeling like a fraud?

Recently my leadership capacities took a leap forward when I realized that I was...

In order to grow up, you have to take your parents off the pedestal or out of the ditch. Most of you have either written your parents off as awful and decided to focus on how you are different, or you still think your parents are somehow god-like and not...

Recently I had one of the hardest conversations I've ever had with anyone. It was with a valued employee who blindsided me. She sent me an e-mail asking for a promotion -- and then went on to explain everything that wasn't working about me, the company and how she would...