Some days are tough.  People shun you or make you feel like you’re not welcomed.  Workshops and speeches just don’t seem to come together. I’ve committed to saying ‘yes’ to too many obligations that now loom over my head and into my heart.  I wish my husband could get home just once before dark and that my daughter would visit more often.  All of these … Read more

I have been in therapy long enough to know that those compulsions you’re battling (whether it’s something, someone or some thought) have nothing to do with the compulsion itself.  Your hand washing has nothing to do with being clean.  Your counting has nothing to do with having the exact number and that person you’re obsessed with has nothing to do with him (or her) but … Read more

I never knew about a ‘breathing space’.  I ran around all day long choking to death from one thing to another.  Now, I get it.  I have to have  my breathing space and without it, I end up exhausted, anxious and have difficulty staying focused.   Where is your breathing space?  What does it look and feel like?   How do YOU create one?  Sign up  at  www.patfarrellcoach.com for Pat’s newsletter … Read more

 An email pops in my inbox……. ‘When someone walks out of your life, they were never meant to be a part of your destiny…..’ Wish I had gotten that years ago.  I will never forget the night he walked out that door. I was left with my greatest demon.  Alone and nobody wanted me.   The emptiness that I had felt for so many years was … Read more

Dinner was at my house last night.  Members of the Nurses Christian Fellowship were my guests. We came together in body and spirit – united in Christ with our goal to care for His patients.  We prayed and told him “It’s getting hard, Lord.  It’s always been a challenge but now it’s almost a battle. Help us to stay focused on the patient.  Remove the … Read more