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As a life long optimist; I thought gratitude just 'was' because I was optimistic to external world. But, my internal world was a hot mess. Minimizing self, wondering when things would stop happening to me, and wondering when life would cut me a
When everything you've accomplished and learned rattles around in your head instead of on paper, you undermine where you've been and what you overcome. I know it's not intentional; it happens because what has been accomplished gets mixed up wit
As a strength, leadership refers to the tendency to organize and encourage a group to get things done while maintaining good relations in the group..Leadership involves setting goals, enlisting effective help, building coalitions, smoothing r
Zest is about approaching life in general and situations with excitement and energy. Those full of zest are excited to get up in the morning and see their lives as an adventure and contributes to your sense of purpose. Zest is one of the two st
Perseverance: despite obstacles you finish what you start. You’re hardworking and you organize self to support the needed activities and when all else fails your strength of perseverance helps you push through to the end. This helps build conf
Empathy is about hearing others and truly listening and understanding their pain. Empathy is not, sympathizing or fixing a problem.Empathy is a meaningful and influential activity. It is a hot topic and can get a bad rap. The bad rap comes
Really, no one needs an internal devil and yet, we allow one to take shelter and hang out like it was a best friendYou speak to yourself worse than you would speak to any other loved one. Yet, you do it often. What would it look like for you
So I judged myself hard, why not? Easier to judge self than to have other judge me. Yet, I also assumed others judged me. Then again, sometimes they did; however, I didn't understand a couple things I've come to learn and appreciate about ju
I wished and hoped through many years of my life.Hope, as a strength. Hope can look like many things. A couple of examples:1. Setting a long list of unachievable goals only to never take action and wonder when good things will happen2. Posi
When someone says to you, 'you don't do that well, go do it better.' What do you feel? What do you say?Getting better at something is almost always desirable; however, when the goal is to improve the weakness, the pain to work through that we
The last of a series exploring my journey to Purpose.I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel calling you, explore it.Understanding now everything happens for a reason, I also know I ignored what was spea
I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel is calling you, explore it.This is the 2st of a 3 episode journey exploring my Journey to Purpose. My early 30's were a hot mess. And then, something in me decided
I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel is calling you, explore it.This is the 1st of a 3 episode journey exploring my Journey to Purpose. Knowing from a very young age my destiny included helping others,
Self-acceptance is a bitch. You are born into the world without anxiety or pre conceived notion of life. You learn all of the sh*t from our experiences, our perception and our perception of perfection. You are an imperfect human. So am I.And
Thought provoking conversation between generations on racism.I did not do as good of job as I thought when it comes to talking about racism. The 21 YO and I talk about it. In fact, our family has a long way to go; however, we've started the
It's been almost 3 months in quarantine; I've learned a lot about my young adult children, including how they function as adults.This is the second in a series of unscripted and real questions from me to my 21 year old son. This week is about
After more than 2 months in quarantine; I've learned a lot about my young adult children, including how they function as adults. It's been fun spending time with them and it has made me curious. This is my first of a few episodes where I get on
Why would I fake something if I'm trying to live authentically? It doesn't make sense to practice and practice and practice with the thought that it's fake.While I used to believe in the 'Fake it until you make it' mentality, I now understand
A little rant on self-actualization and whether it's really a title we want to achieve. Understanding what it's like to be 22 and knowing now what it's like to be 47, I'm not sure I want to be self-actualized. Listen to learn more about why
Losing a job is never easy and someone always has a quick response. For us, even if the job wasn't fulfilling or only served a purpose (long or short term), the blow to ego and loss of purpose can limit how we move forward.In fact, we don't
This is the final episode of a 6 episode series titled 'Anxiety.' The focus of this episode is repeating what you've learned and moving forward.You've made it! Congratulations!!!Now what?I can't lie, anxiety will live on; however, allowing
This is episode 5 of a 6 part series on 'Anxiety' with a focus of feeling different.Anxiety may never go away like we wish for it; however, awareness and understanding of next steps is key. Remember your toolbox is available anytime.Now is
This is episode 4 of the 6 part series on 'Anxiety' with a focus of feeling different.Now what? You've made it more than 50% of the way through the process and it is possible you're feeling different than you were when you first started. Wh
This is episode 3 of the 6 part series on 'Anxiety' Today's focus is getting comfortable with the uncomfortable.We get comfortable living in anxiety even if we don't like the feelings of angst. Disrupting the pattern creates even more discom
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