http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Bonnie+McFarland Self Help Bonnie McFarland Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=319369&ca=Self+Help "Transitions are good and I hate them," I said only half-jokingly to a dear friend a few years ago. I love my life these days. I'm happily married, doing work that's meaningful to me, and living on the water. But I never would have gotten to this point without making my way through many transitions:... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=262766&ca=Self+Help "I can't make any money doing this." "This is too good to be true." "Maybe I just don't have what it takes to do this." "I'm never going to figure this out." "I guess I'm not going to find something I'm passionate about." "I'm not sure any more that I really want to do this." I've heard these doubts... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257505&ca=Self+Help "That will never work." "What is wrong with you?" "Who do you think you are?" "That's a stupid idea." If a friend talked to you this way you probably wouldn't be friends for long. Surprisingly, though, most people do have someone who talks to them like this. It's their Monkey Mind! Monkey Mind is th... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=249497&ca=Self+Help Who isn't busy these days? Our lives are filled with responsibilities, obligations, family, work, friends, volunteer commitments, and "to do" lists. A few of us even try to squeeze in a teensy bit of time for ourselves. But what if, in the midst of all this busyness, you're missing your life? Perhap... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=242510&ca=Self+Help For more than a decade I yearned to know my calling. I tried many, many books, processes, and workshops to figure it out. All to no avail. Eventually, I began to despair of ever discovering a purpose for my life. Are you in a similar circumstance, wanting something in some area of your life yet it j... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=238543&ca=Self+Help Imagine for a moment that you are driving into a dense evening fog on a country road. Surrounded by white, you can barely see past the front of the car, much less the end of the road or your destination. With the headlights only able to provide visibility on the asphalt directly ahead, you resort to... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=234937&ca=Self+Help What should I do with the rest of my life? What am I passionate about? In which direction shall I head? How can I bring more meaning to my life? These are the kinds of big questions my clients seek answers to when they come to me. So far, not one client has been searching for answers to life's small... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232353&ca=Self+Help It is in our nature as humans to want to be happy. We strive for many things such as success, wealth, love, and peace because we believe they will make us happy. Sometimes though, no matter what we do or how hard we try, happiness eludes us. There is, however, a path to happiness for each of us and... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=229324&ca=Self+Help Wouldn't it be nice if there were an easy way to get unstuck, move out of a slump, feel better, and create what you want in life? There IS a light and playful process you can use to accomplish all this and more. It is so simple, though, that you might not think it could do much at all for you. But i... Self Help Bonnie McFarland Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=223241&ca=Self+Help One morning a few months ago, my sister called to report, "The doctor says Mom has Alzheimer's." We'd suspected this and still, hearing that dreaded diagnosis, my heart broke. I didn't want it to be true. I wanted my mom back, to forever be as she'd always been. I didn't want to face what lay ahead....