How to Make Lasting Change Any Time of Year If you know me, you know I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. To me, it feels like just another opportunity to put off for tomorrow what could be done today. But, I’ll be the first to admit that the holiday season can be …
Alex is the kind of guy who always looks on the bright side, who never lets anything get him down, and who encourages everyone around him to do the same. Alex has always prided himself on his positive attitude. But lately, Alex has been feeling this constant pressure to be positive taking a toll on …
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Cold freaking showers…I will admit. The first several times doing this, it feels like the worst idea ever. EVER! It is so uncomfortable that I didn’t know how I could possibly endure more of it. But here’s the thing. I started with 20 seconds immersed in the chilled rain from the shower head. That meant …
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Are you showing up every day with open arms and open eyes? This might just be one of the biggest day-to-day challenges we all face. Can we face every single day open to what it may bring? I’m not suggesting we don’t plan and organize what we already know. There’s a certain structure we must …
When I hear the song Could You Be from Peter Mayer, a thoughtfully spiritual folk artist from Minnesota, I think of the gifts we all carry within us, but hesitate to share with the world. Everyone has their own justifications for veiling elements of their beauty. Sharing a personal story about gradually shedding one of mine and …
Everyone gets down from time to time. What do you do when disappointment gets the best of you? We all deal with it in some way. Sometime we wallow, push through, drown it out, often all of the above. I will share one strategy that probably isn’t at the top of your mind when you’re …
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While this may not relate to coaching or counseling, it relates to health and the gut biome which strongly connects to our mental well-being, so I will share MY recipe for kombucha.[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:2] Ingredients:
I really did not want to go for a run yesterday. I could come up with a plethora of (bad) excuses. Too cold Too wet My usual route had to change Weird week with New Years Slightly out of my routine with the kids out of school BUT, on this chilly, windy, overcast late December …
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