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Finding Fun in Your Marriage | Building Strong Marriages
Finding fun in your marriage, when life is busy, can be difficult. However, the kids will grow up and the only two people left will be the two of you. Finding ways to enjoy spending time with each other is the best way to stay connected and have a strong marriage that outlasts the empty nest. I’ve seen marriages struggle because each person has their own separate passions and they do NOTHING together. They come home from work and are in separate areas of the house and on weekends they go their separate ways with other people doing activities they personally enjoy. Marriage for these couples was easier during the…
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Tracking the Success Plan | Goal Setting and Tracking Series
You’ve set your goals and are working towards them but aren’t tracking how your plan is going. Why not? I’ll be honest with you. The secret sauce to being successful at goal setting has three ingredients: Understanding the potential barriers that will slow you or stop you from achieving the goals. Learning to create a success plan that only includes actions you control. Tracking the success plan to see what impact it is having on your big goals. Welcome to the Goal Setting & Tracking Series! This is the fourth and final article in the series and I’m so glad you have followed us along this journey. If you’ve missed…
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Creating a Success Plan | Goal Setting and Tracking Series
Creating a success plan that will help you achieve your goals and overcome barriers is important. Understanding how to create a success plan that works is more important. Not all goals are created equal. What does that mean? This article is the third part of a four-part series on Goal Setting & Tracking. Welcome back if you have been following this series! If you are a new reader to the series you can find the other series here: Rediscovering Your Passions | Goal Setting and Tracking Series Barriers Challenging Your Success | Goal Setting and Tracking Series Creating a Success Plan | Goal Setting and Tracking Series (this one) Tracking…
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Barriers Challenging Your Success | Goal Setting and Tracking Series
Have you set goals and struggled to keep them? Were you left wondering what happened? Puzzled as to why you keep failing? Understanding the potential barriers challenging your success will help you plan for your success. This is the second article of a four-part series. If you are following along with the series, welcome back! If this is your first time joining us, welcome! The other articles in the series are: Rediscovering Your Passions | Goal Setting and Tracking Series Barriers Challenging Your Success | Goal Setting and Tracking Series (this one) Creating a Success Plan | Goal Setting and Tracking Series Tracking the Success Plan | Goal Setting and…
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Routines Are Good For You | Improving Life With A Growth Mindset
Are routines bad for you? Some people say they stifle creativity and make you less productive. I disagree. Routines are good for you when they are used with a growth mindset. Recently I saw a statement that routines need to be eliminated to be most productive in life. At first, I was shocked that someone would think that. I couldn’t get this out of my mind. I found myself trying to understand why they would make that statement. The thought wouldn’t leave me alone. I finally figured out why this person made that statement. However, I disagree with their thought process. I’ll explain further but first, let’s define routines. What…
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Rediscovering Passions | Goal Setting and Tracking Series
Have you been asking yourself, “what do I want to be when I grow up?”. Don’t feel bad, rediscovering passions is a cycle many adults repeat regularly. Figuring out what you want out of your life is a journey many of us revisit over the years. We ask ourselves what more we can do in life to feel fulfilled or successful. Wondering what more there is in life, or if we are on the right path. This is the first of a four-part Goal Setting & Tracking Series. Welcome! The other articles can be found here: Rediscovering Your Passions | Goal Setting and Tracking Series (this one) Potential Barriers Challenging…
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How to Meal Plan | Simple Meal Planning Method
Not sure how to meal plan? Meal planning doesn’t need to be complicated or a lot of work. Finding a simple meal planning method that works for you is one of the secrets to a simple life journey. When I started thinking about meal planning I kept putting it off because I thought it would take too much time – time I didn’t have! The truth is I wasted more time worrying about what’s for dinner every night and the benefits of meal planning are far greater. I worked out a simple meal planning method that wouldn’t be complicated; one that I could teach the family when life was chaotic.…
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7 Signs You Need A Coach | Striving To Be Your Best Self
Coaches aren’t limited to the successful people in the world. Many think they need to figure life out on their own and are still struggling unnecessarily. If this is you, is it time to look at the signs you need a coach? Successful businesses, athletes, and influencers join forces with coaches to help them see what is stopping them from being productive and achieving their next level of success. But why does the average person not think they are worthy of the same service? What is a Coach? A coach is someone that leads through collaboration. They help you discover what barriers are preventing your success and help you determine how…
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How to Help Teens with Back-to-school Anxiety | Parenting a Teen can be Hard
Parenting a teen can be hard sometimes. Understanding how to help teens with back-to-school anxiety teaches mindfulness and opens communication within the family. There are a few steps we have used over the years to help coach our teens through their back-t0-school anxiety. Starting a new school is never easy and when you are a teen going through hormonal changes everything can seem overwhelming. I didn’t think I was going to be prepared for the teen years, but I found myself more prepared than I thought. I attribute that to having children that hated change most of their lives. We started coaching them through small bouts of anxiety when they…
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Does Work-Life Balance Exist? | Finding Balance In Your Life
Does work-life balance exist? Many people believe it is a myth, but it isn’t when you truly look at what balance truly means. Finding balance in your life will help simplify life. Many people will say that balance doesn’t exist and that it is a myth. Honestly, I’ve believed them and even said it recently in an article. I was wrong! I’ll explain why I was wrong and then I will provide more insight into answering the question, “does work-life balance exist?”. If you are struggling to find balance and don’t know where to begin, take the pillars of balance quiz and it will help you figure out what areas of…
