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Diana Robinson, PhD
Professional Certified Coach

"Work in Progress" Archive



[WorkInProgress] (4/18/2008)
Addresses some of the difficulties met in the relationships of high achievers.

[WorkInProgress] (3/16/2008)
On relationships - a different way of looking at the positives and negatives of a relationship before deciding that it is beyond saving.

[WorkInProgress] (12/27/2007)
Keeping our eyes on the ball in the game of life - and avoiding the distractions.

[WorkInProgress] (10/30/2007)
On recapitulating to get the most out of meetings and trainings. On discovering where an emailed link will take you BEFORE you click.

WorkInProgress - Top 10 Steps to Obtaining Forgiveness (9/18/2007)
Following last month's Top 10 Steps to Forgiveness, this month looks at Top 10 Steps to Obtaining Forgiveness.

[WorkInProgress] (8/29/2007)
The Top 10 Steps to Forgiveness

[WorkInProgress] (5/30/2007)
Prioritizing is not the only way to deal with frustration around time management.

[WorkInProgress] (3/31/2007)
Whether you believe that The Secret is fabulous or a false fable, the process of envisaging and attaining our goals has power.

[WorkInProgress] (1/12/2007)
What just one person can do - the story of Salva Dut

[WorkInProgress] (12/3/2006)
On family feuds, former friends, and reconciliation.

[WorkInProgress] (10/5/2006)
Ways to break out of a downward spiral

[WorkInProgress] (7/28/2006)
Expectations in relationships, how to deal with having them when they may be damaging to the relationship.

[WorkInProgress] (6/16/2006)
Discusses difficult situations and issues of leaving or staying.

[WorkInProgress] (5/27/2006)
A rotating system for bills and other reminders; Personal Privacy I - Your Phone Number carries Clues; II Mealtime Conversations

[WorkInProgress] (5/17/2006)

[WorkInProgress] (4/26/2006)
We short-change others when we pigeon-hole them according to what they used to be, or based on general attributes. "Pigeon to Butterfly day" would be a time for freeing those around us from the pigeon-holes in which we tend to keep them.

[WorkInProgress] (3/19/2006)
Thew time of the spring equinox is the time of new life, new choices!

WorkInProgress - Relationships: Danger signal (2/5/2006)
This short synopsis of the content of each edition will help visitors to your web site archive decide which of the archived editions are of most interest to them.

[WorkInProgress - my apologies!] (2/3/2006)
Apologies for formatting problems

[WorkInProgress] (10/31/2005)
Looking for insight from family patterns.

[WorkInProgress] (10/1/2005)
Finding a balance between the need for connection and relatedness, and the need for autonomy.

[WorkInProgress] (8/12/2005)
Thoughts for those in the process of ending a relationship. Some days to celebrate siblings and partners.

[WorkInProgress] (7/11/2005)
Deciding what we get back from the organizations and activities into which we put time and effort.

WorkInProgress: Relationships - keeping them in balance (6/18/2005)
When a relationship becomes unbalanced, when one person becomes overburdened and resentful...

WorkInProgress - Finishing the ladder that leads to your vision (5/22/2005)
Completes the three-step process of designing a "ladder" portraying your climb toward the vision of the life you desire for your future.

WorkInProgress - Beginning your ladder (4/18/2005)
Step One of a two-step process of creating the ladder that you will climb to your vision of your future.

[WorkInProgress - Project you! Updating your vision (4/4/2005)
Your life as a project. Part I.

WorkInProgress - Using a daily review (2/24/2005)
The daily review - backward and forward. Plus introducing the ChoiceCoach blog - Choice, Change & Charybdis.

[WorkInProgress] (2/5/2005)
Danger signal - "If you loved me you'd..." and how to cope.

WorkInProgress - The importance of a second (2/1/2005)
Every second counts, in many ways.

Finding common ground and... (12/24/2004)
Finding things in common - a warning; To limp or not to limp; Life in Harmony.

WorkInProgress: What do you really need? (10/7/2004)
Discusses needs and how to get them fulfilled, and keep them fulfilled, without appearing "needy."

WorkInProgress: Accepting and preparing (9/5/2004)
... on accepting difficult situations without lashing out, and on preparing for them before they happen.

WorkInProgress: It's all a matter of perspective (8/4/2004)
On dealing with opposing points of view.

WorkInProgress: We all hurting sometime somehow... (7/7/2004)
This short synopsis of the content of each edition will help visitors to your web site archive decide which of the archived editions are of most interest to them.

WorkInProgress: Dealing with our Roadblocks (4/25/2004)
Dealing with our roadblocks

WorkInProgress: And your next action is...? (3/5/2004)
Finding the next step to take on your project.

WorkInProgress: Resolutions? Solopreneurship. (1/22/2004)

WorkInProgress: Driven or Driving? (12/28/2003)
Keeping our lives and schedules in perspective.

WorkInProgress: Gems from Denver ICF Conference (12/15/2003)
Gems from the ICF conference - on excellence, relationships, Dr. Paul Pearsall, and more.

WorkInProgress: Staying Enthused! (10/20/2003)
How to keep enthusiasm and momentum going when a project is past its initial start-up excitement.

WorkInProgress: A Plea for Tolerance (9/11/2003)
~~ Two years ago - a please for taking the high road. ~~ Turn off the e-mail ding.

WorkInProgress: Take stock - Time and your many activities (8/18/2003)

WorkInProgress: Family roles, family trap? (8/6/2003)
Discusses family roles and how in later life their continuation can trap people into not being who they really want to be.

WorkInProgress: Communication - Getting ahead of oneself (7/15/2003)

WorkInProgress: Expectations can backfire (7/1/2003)

WorkInProgress: Inescapable situations (6/16/2003)

WorkInProgress: Enhance your Creativity (6/2/2003)
Top Ten Ways to enhance your Creativity

WorkInProgress - Sharing & Negotiating - In the family & beyond (5/6/2003)

WorkInProgress - What will you risk (4/25/2003)

[WorkInProgress - Fear of Firing - A problem of ethics (4/4/2003)

WorkInProgress - What once you loved to do (3/19/2003)

WorkInProgress - A safe space for the truth (3/1/2003)

WorkInProgress - About relationships (2/15/2003)

WorkInProgress - It is our nature to explore (2/2/2003)

WorkInProgress - Goals and Objectives (1/15/2003)

WorkInProgress Radical internal change takes time (1/1/2003)

Foiled by a dominant response? (12/15/2002)

Work In Progress - clarification (12/2/2002)

To Be More Effective! (12/1/2002)

Self-limiting thoughts, overly-entitled thoughts (11/15/2002)

Fear of Choice (11/1/2002)

Dealing with Hidden Clutter (10/18/2002)

Success through Specificity (10/1/2002)

Communication - The Relationship Fix (9/15/2002)

It's the Experience! (8/15/2002)

Tough Times... and Bill Porter (7/15/2002)

Journaling - Sometimes a down side (6/16/2002)

Matching - or not - your environment (6/1/2002)

Wanting to change, yet unchanging (5/15/2002)

Dealing with change (5/1/2002)

Dealing with Stress (4/15/2002)

Open mind and insert careful thought (4/2/2002)

On perspectives and conflicts (3/15/2002)

To thine own self.. and mission... be true (3/3/2002)

Feel so good/One bad apple (2/15/2002)

Retirement - You're never too young! (2/1/2002)

Handling the end of a relationship/Martha Matilda Harper (1/15/2002)

Fearful anticipation/Marketing Comes Second (1/1/2002)

A Matter of Chance/Power of Personal Contact (12/15/2001)

Squelched ideas (12/1/2001)

Finding a strategy that works for you (11/15/2001)

What can we do?/Things have changed (11/2/2001)

Breaking the chain (10/15/2001)

Extracting ourselves from overwhelm (10/1/2001)

Some thoughts on the tragedies (9/15/2001)

Live long and...? (9/1/2001)

Success & Personal Development - the connection (8/15/2001)

Imagining your Image (8/1/2001)

Breaking the 'but first' chain (7/15/2001)

You can't please everyone (7/1/2001)

Abundance and running water (6/15/2001)

What comes off the top is not always the richest cream (6/1/2001)

Don't second-guess the past (5/15/2001)

Goals or No Goals (5/2/2001)

Organize your files week! (4/16/2001)

Flexibility & Authenticity Revisited (4/1/2001)

Where are you & where are you going? (3/16/2001)

Creativity - yes you do have it! (3/1/2001)

Feet of Clay (2/15/2001)

Coaching Awareness (2/1/2001)

Bring back the Grand Tour/Time Management (1/15/2001)

Beyond New Year's Resolutions/Lemons & Lemonade (1/1/01)

The Negative Judge (12/19/00)

Stepping stones beneath you (12/1/00)

A remarkable woman (11/15/00)

Ways that people invade boundaries/Being comfortably alone (11/1/00)

Making your own luck (10/15/00)

Lessons from Life - the Crow & the Owl (10/1/00)

[Financial Education/Making Peace with Uncertainty (9/15/00)

To celebrate diversity... (9/1/00)

Memos in a hurry - Ooops! (8/15/00)

Depicting your Vision/Non-judgment Day (8/1/00)

The Magic of Visualization/Uncluttering (7/15/00)

The Stealth Approach to Change (7/1/00)

The Buck Starts Here/Revenge is not sweet (6/15/00)

Focus & Balance, no competition/Finishing the task (6/1/00)

Globalization, widening our horizons/Difficult conversations (5/15/00)

Being Aware/Linking routine & enjoyed tasks (5/1/00)

What would.../Why do you give?/Horizontal surfaces (4/15/00)

Gaining Perspective/Boundaries (4/1/00)

Use of time/Old Memories/Deciding is not doing (3/16/00)

Movin' on/Learning from feelings (3/1/00)

Language of communication/Emotional independence (2/15/00)

Silver linings/Getting off the couch (2/1/00)

What's next?/College..Sooner, or later? (1/15/00)

What is time?/Interruptions/What millenium? (1/1/2000)

Special full moon/Special time of year (12/15/99)

Overwhelmed at work/Places to turn life around (12/1/99)

Overcoming procrastination/Perfectionism (11/15/99)

Know what you want to leave/Time Manage/Surviving heart attack when alone (11/1/99)

Finding your forgotten dreams (10/15/99)

How to cook a frog/Giving away our power (10/1/99)

Accepting the problem so as to solve it (9/15/99)

Overcoming blocks to our progress (9/1/99)

Appreciating what you have/FAS Day (8/15/99)

Creating your team/The Aladdin Factor (8/1/99)

Problems & Solutions (7/15/99)

Half-year check-up/Structure vs Freedom (7/1/99)

Self-Induced Stress/Free tape (6/15/99)

Knowing who we are/Client success (6/1/99)

How Dreams become Goals (5/15/99)

Is it frugal?/Youthful intolerance (5/1/99)

Quality time at work & home/Containerizing (4/15/99)

Present perfect (4/1/99)

Control, and pushing back (3/21/99)

Creativity in the Workplace (3/1/99)

Either-or... or both?/Personal History (2/15/99)

Legend of Village & MOuntain (2/1/99)

Conflict free zones/Until then (1/15/99)

Goals take time/Card game context (1/1/99)

Giving & Receiving/Card trick (12/15/98)

Self Sabotage versus Achievement (12/1/98)

Mental toughness/Relationships & Money (11/15/98)

Moving on/A simple Christmas (11/1/98)

Friendship (10/15/98)

Self Explanation/Personal Rhythms (10/1/98)

Unstoppable (Book Review)/Tracking Cash (9/15/98)

Boundaries & Manners (9/1/98)

Relationships (8/15/98)

The Extra Mile/Self-Nurturance (8/1/98)

Use what you know/Wear your roles lightly (7/15/98)

Respect (7/1/98)

Choosing new behaviors; Thinking ahead (6/15/98)

Reserves; Gratitude Journal (6/1/98)

Our Hidden Gifts; Feng Shui (5/15/98)

Life as Journey; The Present is Perfect (5/1/98)

Selfishness and Codependency (4/15/98)

Inner Success; Spontaneity (4/1/98)

Accepting reality (Sufi story); Judgements (3/15/98)

Escaping: Family Roles; Vicious Cycles (3/1/98)

Self-Care; Persistence; To-do Lists (2/15/98)

Flexibility vs Authenticity (2/1/98)

Independence vs Connectedness (1/15/98)

New Years wishes; Forgiveness (1/1/1998)

Winter Holidays: origins, pressures, poem (12/15/1997)

Same thing, differing perceptions (12/1/1997)

Balance, Pressures, Spiritual Journey (11/15/1997)




2002 Diana Robinson