Category: Life Musings
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Lagging Action & Three Steps to Build Momentum
Sometimes we know we want to take action on something, but we’re not quite ready to take that action. You’ve made a decision, or you’re on the precipice of making a decision, but there’s a lag between that decision being made and you feeling ready to take the action. This is what I’m calling Lagging Action. This usually…
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You are Worthy because You Are
I’ve heard this and said this so many times. It was this morning when I was talking about expecting someone in my organization to talk to me this week about my merit. My organization calls our annual salary review “merit”. This morning my friend stopped me and said in her perfectly matter-of-fact way “you have…
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Know Your Why(s) to Create Lasting, Sustainable Change
There are so many ways to create lasting, sustainable change – cold turkey, dripping new behaviours and habits in, crowding out old behaviours and habits, and many more tools – but what lives behind the actions? Your Why! Well, your WhyS. I see your Why as a layered thing – there isn’t one why. The…
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What to Do When You Want to Numb
We all numb. Numbing is probably one of our best coping mechanisms. I numb with TV and food. Many numb with shopping. Some numb with drinking. We all have our ways. We also all have our triggers. A tough day at work. Getting into an argument with a loved one. PMS. There are two parts…
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It’s Safe to be Seen!
When did you learn being seen wasn’t safe? When did you learn being recognized in a crowd meant being punished? When did you start hiding? When did you shrink into a wallflower? Sometimes it’s a trigger in this life that your soul recognizes as a danger from another life. Sometimes the time you remember in…
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The Gap Between: Where you are and where you want to be
In the process of waking up, there are many stages and each has their exciting pieces and the parts that are full of fear. One of my most feared places during this process is looking at the gap between where I am now, and where I want to be. If you have dreams, this gap…
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When your Identity becomes intertwined with your Story
Every experience that we have creates a story within our life. Each one of these stories has the possibility of traveling with us – when we don’t take the time to process them, move through them, and let them go. When we hold onto a story, that story can become intertwined with our identity. If…
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When Your Intuition Speaks
When your intuition speaks, but you’re not quite ready to listen to it, that’s ok! There are times when we choose not to listen to that small, quiet voice in the back of our heads. Sometimes we hear it, or we feel it – a nudge – and we know something is true, but we…
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Relearning to Listen to Myself
I want to say this is “learning” to listen, but in reality, it is a relearning or a returning. When we are born, when we are young, all we know to do is listen to ourselves. We feel something, and we share it with those around us – even before we have words. Actually, especially…
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“Good Enough” is Not Good Enough
Do not underestimate me! Yes, I may have underestimated myself. And, yes, that gave you permission to underestimate me, but that ends, right here, right now. “Good enough” is no longer good enough. I will no longer settle for less than exceptional. Exceptional is the only path forward for me. I had coffee with someone today who…
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