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Your Season of Flight

When my son entered kindergarten, I received a folder that said, ‘Welcome Class of 2025.’ There may have even been a sign. I remember...

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Your Best Year Yet: Building Identity-Driven Habits

We have probably all made New Year’s Resolutions. Spent a dizzy New Year’s Eve surrounded by our friends and family, swept up in the...

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Investment Self-Care and Love Languages

The top of the Self-Care pyramid holds Investment self-care. This is more targeted activities meant to “invest” in your future. Where...

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November 2024: Life Buckets Check-in

This month we will focus on finishing out the year with some reflection on where we are. We will do this by spending each week on one of...

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October, 2024: Book Study, The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday

This month we are diving into a recent book I discovered (thanks to my own coach), The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning...

Why I Love This Season (and it’s not because of pumpkin spice lattes)

Right now we are almost through September. The leaves are slowly starting to change. The air is getting crisper (although here in...

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And More Meditation Techniques

I have saved my favorite ones for last. I chose these two techniques alternatively depending upon how distracted my mind is in the...

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Other Ways to Meditate

Meditation can feel a bit intimidating when you first start. It feels weird. Unnatural. Uncomfortable. You might feel silly. And all of...

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Practicing Mindful Breathing

We’ve all heard the advice, “try deep breathing” or “take a breath.” Maybe you’ve tried and “failed” at it, claiming it doesn’t help you....

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Focus and Mindfulness: The Present Moment

The Art of Being Present Mindfulness is the practice of bringing attention to the present moment with openness and without judgment. It...

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Focus on Today

Feeling Overwhelmed by the Future? I stand firm on my stance that having a vision is important. It’s like a compass to guide our way...

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Focus on the Essential

I read a book a few months back that really stuck with me. Essentialism by Greg McKeown has really formed the way I try to shape my day....

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August and September, 2024: Focus and Mindfulness

We all have a lot on our plates! Our lives are SO full that we often struggle to get everything done that we want or need to get done....

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July 2024: Summer Journal Challenge

Welcome to what “they” call the dog days of summer! I don’t know about you, but my life always feels a bit looser in the summer. School...

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The Four Tendencies: The Questioner and The Rebel

This week concludes our study of Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Four Tendencies. We are closing out with a closer look at both the Questioner...

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The Four Tendencies: The Obliger

This week we are diving into The Obliger. The Obliger readily meets external expectations, but resists and struggles with internal...

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The Four Tendencies: The Upholder

Hopefully you have taken the Four Tendencies Quiz, but if you haven’t done it yet, here it is again for your convenience. As we dive...

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June 2024: Locus of Control and Accountability

This month we are focusing on locus of control and how it pertains to personal accountabilty. Being able to identify your tendencies and...

5 Ways Your Teen Can Maximize the Summer Months

If you are a high school student, summertime is great! You anticipate a break from school and all the responsibilities that come with...

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Self-Care: Words of Affirmation and Physical Touch

OK. We are on our last week of our discussion of Self-Care. The biggest thing I want you to take away from this month is to find a way to...

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Self-Care: Receiving Gifts and Quality Time

This week we will dive into two more of the 5 Love Languages to explore Receiving Gifts and Quality Time. If your predominant love...

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Restoration Self Care

Last week I introduced the Self Care Pyramid developed by Elizabeth Tollis (earlier edition). We discussed the base of the pyramid -...

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May, 2024: Self Care (more than just massages and bubble baths)

This month we are diving into self care. And as the title suggests, it is SO much more than massages and bubble baths, although those are...

How to Live a Life on Purpose

My wish for all of you is to live a life of intention. A life that you live on purpose, not by default. I say live a “life ON...

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