Dr. Don Coaching & Consulting

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Your emotional, physical and spiritual health has a direct impact on your personal and professional relationships and successes. With our diversity of specialties within the consulting and coaching staff, we are uniquely qualified to offer a complete and well-balanced professional and personal experience that can combine coaching, counseling, and consulting into one.

Consider this your permission slip to have a weekend that doesn’t accomplish much.You don’t have to catch up on everythi...
09/05/2026

Consider this your permission slip to have a weekend that doesn’t accomplish much.
You don’t have to catch up on everything. You don’t have to say yes to every invitation. You don’t have to turn your Saturday into a productivity challenge.

Sometimes the most restorative thing you can do is give yourself permission to simply exist for a little while.

What does your ideal low pressure weekend look like?

Sometimes the words aren’t enough. Love, trust, and apologies all mean something...but they become meaningful when they’...
09/04/2026

Sometimes the words aren’t enough.

Love, trust, and apologies all mean something...but they become meaningful when they’re backed by consistent action.

Love needs action.
Trust needs proof.
Sorry needs change.

Real accountability isn’t just saying the right thing. It’s showing, over time, that you mean it.

You don’t learn the most from the things that go perfectly. Sometimes the biggest lessons come from the moments that cha...
09/02/2026

You don’t learn the most from the things that go perfectly.

Sometimes the biggest lessons come from the moments that challenge you, the mistakes you wish you could redo, and the experiences that force you to grow.

Theory gives us a foundation. Practice helps us apply it. But mistakes? They teach us things we often couldn’t have learned any other way.

So if you’re learning, growing, or figuring things out as you go, give yourself some grace. You’re learning more than you realize.

Not all anxiety is easy to recognize.Some people with anxiety are high achievers. They're dependable, organized, success...
09/01/2026

Not all anxiety is easy to recognize.

Some people with anxiety are high achievers. They're dependable, organized, successful, and always helping others. From the outside, everything seems under control.

But beneath the surface, they may be battling constant worry, perfectionism, self-doubt, or a relentless fear of falling short.

Although "high-functioning anxiety" isn't a formal diagnosis, it describes an experience that many people relate to. Anxiety doesn't always stop someone from functioning, it can sometimes drive them to overwork, overprepare, and overthink.

You deserve support even if you're "keeping it all together."

If this resonates with you, know that you don't have to continue carrying the weight alone. Healing isn't about becoming a different person...it's about learning to live with less fear and more freedom.

Which slide resonated with you the most?

There is something beautiful about seeking God again and again...not only when life feels uncertain, but simply because ...
08/31/2026

There is something beautiful about seeking God again and again...not only when life feels uncertain, but simply because He is worthy of being sought.

Hosea 6:3 reminds us that knowing God is not a one-time decision. It is a daily pursuit. A choosing to wake up, turn toward Him, and keep learning His heart.

And the more we seek Him, the more we begin to recognize that He has been faithful all along. 🤍

“Let us know; let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.” — Hosea 6:3

When things feel heavy, sometimes you don’t need to have everything figured out. You just need to remind yourself that t...
08/29/2026

When things feel heavy, sometimes you don’t need to have everything figured out. You just need to remind yourself that this moment won’t last forever.

This is tough… but all things pass.
I’ve made it through hard days before, and I can do it again.
I don’t have to carry everything alone.
I can ask for help.
And it’s okay to do less when I’m carrying more.

Give yourself permission to slow down, take a breath, and meet yourself with a little more compassion today. You’re allowed to have hard days without believing they’ll always feel this hard.

Sometimes there is no way around the pain.We want to fix it, understand it, distract ourselves from it, or rush through ...
08/28/2026

Sometimes there is no way around the pain.

We want to fix it, understand it, distract ourselves from it, or rush through it so we can feel like ourselves again. But some pain needs to be felt before it can be released.

Let yourself grieve.
Let yourself cry.
Let yourself be angry.
Let yourself admit that it hurts.

You don’t have to make the pain smaller to prove that you’re healing. Sometimes the way through the pain is simply to let it hurt.

And eventually, what feels unbearable today won’t always feel this heavy.

It’s okay. I mean, it’s not okay...but it’s okay.Maybe healing isn’t pretending that everything is fine. Maybe it’s lear...
08/26/2026

It’s okay. I mean, it’s not okay...but it’s okay.

Maybe healing isn’t pretending that everything is fine. Maybe it’s learning that something can hurt deeply and still not be the end of the story.

Some things are allowed to be hard. Some things are allowed to break your heart. And somehow, you can still wake up tomorrow, take the next step, and trust that God is not finished writing the story.

You don’t have to call it good to believe that God can still bring good from it.

One of the harder parts of ADHD can be how sticky emotions and experiences can feel.Everyone else may seem ready to move...
08/25/2026

One of the harder parts of ADHD can be how sticky emotions and experiences can feel.

Everyone else may seem ready to move on, but your brain is still replaying the conversation, analyzing what happened, wondering what you missed, or searching for an explanation that might finally make it feel finished.

It isn’t that you want to stay stuck.

Sometimes your brain just has a harder time letting go when something feels unresolved. And that can be especially painful when the people around you have already moved forward. If you’ve been holding onto something long after everyone else seems to have let it go, give yourself some compassion. You’re not broken, and you’re not failing at moving on.

Sometimes closure doesn’t come from finally understanding what happened.
Sometimes it comes from deciding you don’t need to understand it anymore.

I don’t need to know the whole road ahead. I just need to trust the One who does.Some seasons leave us standing at a cro...
08/24/2026

I don’t need to know the whole road ahead. I just need to trust the One who does.

Some seasons leave us standing at a crossroads, unsure which way to go or what comes next. Psalm 143:8 reminds me that I can begin each morning by listening for His love, placing my trust in Him, and asking Him to lead me one step at a time.

I may not see the whole picture yet, but I know who I’m following. 🤍

“Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” Psalm 143:8

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