What’s in the Water?

Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream

In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.

Molly Gordon
Recent articles

How to Have More Good Ideas

This simple shift in attitude can open the way to truly good ideas, new solutions, and fresh perspectives. Do you sometimes feel like you're peering into the mist, and the longer and harder you look, the less clear things seem to be? The truth is that you do have the...

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Let Self-Improvement Take Care of Itself

What if we are not the best folks to be in charge of our own self-improvement? Could it be a better way? Yes! Being pulled in many directions? Longing for clarity and self trust? I just might be able to help. Click here to learn more about my approach to coaching, and...

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The Immense Practicality of Gratitude

Gratitude isn't just a good idea. It turns out that it's eminently practical. Contemplating the road ahead? Perhaps I can help. Click here to learn more about my coaching work, and did what you see resonates, let's talk to see if we're a fit.

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Want Traction? Settle Down

There are only two things that can keep you from getting traction: something in the environment or what's going on between your ears. Regardless of which it is, there's one strategy that will put things right every time. Have you suspected or seen through the...

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Just Say No to Self Improvement

Self-improvement seems like such a good idea, but when you take a closer look, well, maybe it doesn't make so much sense after all. Have you suspected or seen through the limitations of New Age magical thinking, but you still sense that there is magic at work in the...

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Intense Feelings Don’t Equal Valid Thinking

It's easy to confuse intensity with clarity. We think that the intensity of our feelings is an indicator of the validity of our thinking. But it doesn't work that way! Have you suspected or seen through the limitations of New Age magical thinking, but you still sense...

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Gratitude, Grace, and Enoughness

There's a relationship among gratitude, grace, and the recognition that you have enough. Have you suspected or seen through the limitations of New Age magical thinking, but you still sense that there is magic at work in the world? I coach men and women in the...

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Why a positive self-image can get in the way

We hear a lot about the importance of having a positive self-image and self-esteem. In reality, any self-image obscures your true nature, which is infinitely more lovely, creative, and compassionate than any persona you might generate. It's human nature to have a...

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