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Embrace Your Journey and Throw Paint
This is a story of a woman that was hiding from not only the world but from herself as well. It is a story of a woman that learned to look outside herself and made things harder than she needed to. This is a story of a woman that gave herself space to explore what was holding her back from her life goals and found something extraordinarily wonderful; she found herself. The purpose of this story is to encourage you to embrace your journey and throw paint. Let’s begin. There once was a little girl that dreamed of so much, but somewhere along the way she limited those dreams. She…
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How Life Goals Impacted my Family
For many, goal setting is being intentional towards a career aspiration, a financial target, or a health goal. For me, life goals were so much more. I was desperate to create a life I love, and one that I could find happiness every day. In short, this journey started because for me, life sucked and it was headed down a dark lonely path if something didn’t change. This is part of my story and how life goals impacted my family. When I was a kid, I didn’t grow up pretending to be a mom. My only doll wasn’t a baby, it was a bride that I envisioned going to work…
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What is Your Biggest Life Goal Obstacle?
What is your biggest life goal obstacle? You might say learning a new skill, meeting that one person that will change your life, or maybe it’s creating the perfect hustle to bring in extra money. The truth is your biggest life goal obstacle is your own brain and the message it sends to you, every moment. Your brain sends messages about beliefs you learned and used for years to determine how you act, react, and take action towards your life goals. How do I know this? I’ve personally unearthed beliefs that were stopping me from achieving life goals. Some of these beliefs were sitting deep in generational cycles and I…
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What To Do When There is Too Much To Do
There is a common theme among women that are trying to do it all; trying to have it all. They have a long to-do list that tends to be never-ending and never fulfilling. I’ve discovered what to do when there is too much to do, and I’ve streamlined it so well that I’ve ditched the long to-do lists altogether. You might be thinking it’s impossible but I live my days and weeks exactly this way and it works over and over again. This process is one of the steps I’ve used to simplified my life and with practice you can do it too. As busy moms, we tend to have…
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The Benefits of Sitting in Solitude | Your Mindset Matters
For years I had the belief that being productive was being busy, which would ultimately lead to success. I believed that the more I got done the more accomplished I’d be; I’d be more successful. Those beliefs and how I defined them held me back from my life goals and contributed to destroying my health over the years. Today, as I’m coaching others, I hear very similar beliefs and more that I’ll talk about in this article. Over the years, I’ve learned many benefits of sitting in solitude and I’d like to share them with you, along with some tips for your times of solitude. For years I bought into…
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When Someone Annoys You What Do You Do
This topic, while a common occurrence in our daily lives, and is a sensitive topic for many. Getting annoyed with people is common. Being irritated with decisions others make happens to most of us. When it does happen, we ultimately have a choice, do we spend our days in negative spirals constantly noticing these annoyances? Or do we get curious about it? When someone annoys you what do you do? Learn how to uplevel your choices and finally stop the rollercoaster of emotions you feel when someone annoys you. I recently read a meme on social media and it read: “You cannot change someone who does NOT see an issue…
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Comparison Kills Relationships | What to do Instead
News flash: comparison kills relationships. The truth is many of us, including me, have a tendency to look over at other people and wish we had what they had. We look at their social media and want perfection too. But is it perfect? It might be for them, but what works for them might not work for you. I’m going to get really clear about the dangers of comparing your relationship to others, and then we can look at what to do instead. Ready? My husband and I have been married for 27 years this month. There have been good times, great times, and times I felt like it was…
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The Power of Leaning Into Fear
Fear can be many things for different people. For me, it presented itself as a mask I wore for fear of rejection. It was the schedules I kept for fear of uncertainty. It was the procrastination I enabled to avoid letting the real me be me; to ultimately please other people first. There are so many more, but I’m sure you get the point. I’ve learned over the years that fear never goes away but we can learn to tap into the fear and use its energy to move through it faster. Tap into the power of leaning into fear and bust through barriers! For many years I hid behind…
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Bridging the Relationship Gap with Your Teen
Are you struggling with your relationship with your teen? You try and try but nothing seems to work? Does it feel like you are banging your head against the wall when you try and talk with them? There are many parents in this exact situation. You aren’t alone. If you are wondering how to start bridging the relationship gap with your teen, you are in the right place. I’m going to explain how to get started and lead you to some valuable resources you can use to keep it going. Parenting a teenager is completely different than raising a young child. We found this to be extremely true as we…
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How Hygge Helped Us Transition Into Our New Normal
Life is flipped upside down for many of us around the world right now and it perfectly natural to feel all the emotional feelings you are feeling. We are all on our own journey to try and figure out our new normal; what it looks like and how we fit into it. For our home, the transition wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be, and when I looked at why one of the reasons pointed to our Hygge lifestyle. This is how Hygge helped us transition into our new normal. You may be feeling overwhelmed with everything you’re trying to balance right now. The work, the family needs,…