Lorna Blake

Are you experiencing emotional chaos in your life?

Spiritual Coach, Terri Amos-Britt describes it as a state of feeling pressured to live up to other people's standards and not allowing ourselves to be who we really are. According to Terri Amos-Britt, what happens when we're in this state is we feel disco... Read >

Are you playing small? Is that because you were told you’ll never amount to anything?

According to Dr. Joe Rubino, the world's leading authority on self-esteem optimization, many times as children we were told that we weren't good enough. We may have gotten the message that we were not worthy of the best things in life and we accepted and ... Read >

Are you living in fear based on your past?

I was listening to Gary Quinn, Abundance Coach to the Stars, as he discussed this topic. And he said most of us are living our lives based on our past. What happened in our last relationship, our last job, our last experience with, fill in the blank? ... Read >

Are you afraid to speak up for your wants and needs?

One of the most important skills we need to develop in order to be happy is how to ask for what we want. Yet most of us never learn. Others think they'll lose the things that are important to them - friendships, relationships, job etc. Still, nothing ... Read >

The Power of a Smile

"Smile. Your smile lights up a room." It was more than 20 years ago and I had been going through a difficult time. The stress was starting to show on my face. One of my mentors took me aside and she said: " Smile, your smile could charm a ratbat!" Eve... Read >

How Do I Work Through Conflict?

Addressing conflict can be challenging for many of us. Many times we either ‘fight' or ‘fly' depending on how we were raised and how we saw our families of origin deal with issues. ‘Fighting' and ‘flying' both lead to alienation and these are agg... Read >

How Can I Develop a Positive Attitude?

There's a saying I grew up with as a child: "Ungrateful worse than obeah." It means that living in a state of ingratitude for life, your situation, your circumstances is going to keep you locked into your difficulties… It doesn't mean that we never ... Read >

How Can I Afford Time to Play?

It's been said the number one regret people have when they lay on their death beds is that they took their lives too seriously. In other words they didn't play enough. That's pretty darn serious, isn't it? So can you afford not to play? If you spend all y... Read >

How Do I Set Appropriate Boundaries?

I often meet people who ask my advice on this very question. It's a very challenging issue for those of us who were taught that our role is to cater to everyone else's needs, never speak up for our rights and always say yes to whatever you're asked to do.... Read >