Because living on autopilot was never the plan. Have you ever woken up on a perfectly ordinary Tuesday and thought, “Is this really it?” I have. More times than I’d like to admit. For years, I moved through life checking boxes. Good grades. Good career. Good reputation. I was doing all the “right” things, yet…
Do you love yourself? It sounds like a simple question, but it can be very challenging to answer truthfully. “Love” is one of the most powerful and emotionally-charged words in the English language. So it may not be so surprising after all that, for many of my clients, engaging with the concept of self-love is…
“Happy and free.” I hear those words often as a coach — usually as a goal, a feeling my clients want to find in their lives but aren’t sure how to pursue. But what does that really mean? It’s not as easy a question to answer as it may sound. You can’t take actionable steps…
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. -Henri Nouwen There are times when we all feel like we want more, whether personally, professionally, emotionally —or even all the above. We all occasionally long for things like more money, success, connection, meaning, freedom…or maybe just another serving of our…
Have you ever been told that you’re too much? I think that in some point in our lives, we’ve all been told that we are, in one way or another; too loud, too quiet, too goofy, too serious, too calculative, too carefree. As you navigate your life, you’ll find yourself in various situations that have…
Whether you’re in a work meeting or spending time with people in your personal life, tapping into our own self-love and vulnerability is difficult and, often, terrifying. So often in life, we think that people only want to see the good parts of who we are. We avoid talking about difficulties and frustrations, and instead…
In today’s fast-paced world, it seems like everyone is in a hurry. People aren’t appreciating the gift of free time, even if they receive it. It is a strange irony that with so much technology to help us in our everyday lives, and fast cars to get us around, we apparently have even less time,…
Sometimes, life feels like you’re driving on a foggy road: You don’t know where you’re headed, and all you know is that you have to keep going. It’s easy to feel lost in life, and it’s easy to get off of our true life path and not even realize it. That’s where finding your compass…
There are many times in life where you will feel like there’s an incredible pressure to get things right. Oftentimes, a task, no matter how small, can turn into a gargantuan impossibility in your head because of many reasons: pressure from people that you know, pressure from people you’ve seen online, or worse, pressure you’ve…
Sometimes, we expect too much of ourselves. We beat ourselves down for not picking up on a skill quickly enough. We feel internal frustration for not having enough knowledge to do something as well as we’d hoped. We feel like we don’t measure up or that we aren’t capable of succeeding. This can be a…
You are the main character in the story of your life. You are the center of your universe. And this is normal, even healthy. It’s important to be in touch with yourself and your unique needs, wants, and goals. You can’t be available for others unless you’re there for yourself first. Yet, sometimes it can…
We are always in research mode. It may sound odd, but it’s true! We’re always finding out new things about ourselves, other people, and the world around us. We will often take that information and subsequently apply it in a way that’s useful going forward. An example of this might be if you try a…
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