Underlying Beliefs — Blog Archive — Catherine Larkin Ferguson

As I sit here writing this, I am T-9 days out from baby #2’s due date.

I was originally planning on writing about something other than what I get into below. But I've been procrastinating for over a week and it wasn’t until a few days ago that I realized why: I was forcing it, hard.

This year has been one of major changes for me in several ways. And it hasn’t been until these past few weeks as I’ve started to physically slow down that I’ve actually taken a mental beat to pause and reflect.

Catherine FergusonSeptember 5, 2018Underlying Beliefs, New Baby, Stories We Tell Ourselves Comment

How our thoughts prevent us from taking action

I was recently working with a client who was struggling with tackling the items on her to-do list.

She kept getting distracted and coming up with excuses. This woman is a go-getter: a full-time working single-mom of two kids who is also back in school to pursue new degree and passion. She knows what she wants and where she wants to go and her to-do list reflects that drive. Despite this, she still found herself procrastinating the very detailed plan-of-action she had laid out for herself.

My guess is you know this feeling. As a working parent, my to-do list is often long and unfinished. And like my client, I end up feeling worse when I procrastinate, or as she said “like the past weeks have been one gigantic waste of time.”

Catherine FergusonJuly 17, 2018Underlying Beliefs, Taking Action, Working Parents, Byron Katie, The Work