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Burnout is stonewalled by THIS!
What do we not do enough of? Burnout, at least my 4 bouts with it, is rooted in one thing we don't do enough of...And if I asked you what you don't do enough of, your brain might show you a laundry list of what you already do too much of (including the laundry), so...
Happiness and things that make you go hmmm…
Have you found happiness at Walmart recently (or any similar department store)? Have you noticed what they have on display right now? You got it…storage containers, thousands of them! Why is that? I think it’s because Ms. Walmart knows that we like to hold on to...
Vision Boards do NOT make sense!
Who, at some point in history, thought … ”You know what…I’m just going to cut pictures out of this magazine, that I would NEVER read, stick them all willy-nilly to a piece of Bristol board and trust that this "vision board" will help me achieve my life goals?” Am I...
I will own my awesomeness this year!
Looking ahead to 2020 I want to take all that I've learned in 2019 and really focus on what I REALLY want! And during my December of deep reflection, I realized there are some pretty BIG barriers I need to overcome in order to fully own my awesomeness! Here are 3 BIG...
Are you at risk for Should Stress?
The origin of Should Stress Where it started... I have been told my entire life by powerful and amazing women (and men) that I can absolutely have it all, family, career, home, social life. What and amazing time to be born into…freedom. Right? Many women, like me,...
Learning to listen…The day I heard myself scream “STOP!”
That night I could barely hang on... And as I reflected on the experience while journaling the next morning, I tried to pinpoint the trigger that set me off and I decided that there were a number of things that caused me to fall apart. Let me set the stage for you......
A Mother’s Day Gift I Did Not Expect
Mother's Day a few years ago, I was given the entire morning to do whatever I wanted and I instantly chose to watch Moana with my girls. (We had seen it at least 20 times and actually I think the girls were bored with it, and it was my day sooo... Afterwards I wrote...
What being your mom has taught me…
If I want anything to be true for you, it must be TRUE for me. The life I live, the feelings I feel, the preconceived ideas that I have, the way I express myself, how I interpret the world is what you will see and who you will become.
Do more things that scare you…they say. Be fearless…they say
So which is it? I think it's a bit of both...This is how I see it. I see what I want, I just don't know how to get it and that scares me...I don't like not knowing how to do something...that scares me. And the specific fears that pop up are not necessarily about...