Tag: Lifecoaching
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The Messy Middle
The messy middle can feel uncomfortable, uncertain, and even overwhelming—but what if it’s not evidence that something is wrong? This reflection explores what happens when we slow down, get curious, and learn to trust ourselves instead of rushing to fix what feels messy.
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The Meaning We Assign
How much of your emotional exhaustion comes not from what happens to you—but from the meaning you assign to it? This reflection explores the freedom of separating your identity from outcomes, reactions, and circumstances, and what becomes possible when you stop letting life define your worth.
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Thriving in the Midst of the Unknown
There are seasons where grief, joy, uncertainty, anticipation, and change all arrive at once. This week, as I navigate loss, family transitions, an upcoming half marathon, and the anticipation of a new grandbaby, I’m learning that peace isn’t found in controlling life—it’s found in being fully present within it.
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Choosing Yourself: Decisions Beyond Motivation
This morning’s run reminded me: I don’t always feel like doing the hard things—but when my decisions come from who I am, not how I feel, I move closer to the life I’m building. Ready. Set. Grow.
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Let Your Breath Be Your First Word: A Conversation Shift
What if your next conversation started with a breath? I’m learning the power of slowing down, and it’s changing everything.
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Where I’m Still Holding Back
Lately I’ve been noticing something. Not in a loud, obvious way. But in the quiet, harder-to-ignore way. The kind that lingers just beneath the surface. That subtle awareness… that even with everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve shifted, everything I now see more clearly… there are still places where I hold back. Not in a dramatic,…
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I Don’t Regret It—And That’s the Shift
When I think about the actions I’ve taken in the last year alone— quitting smoking,training for a marathon and actually running it,creating this blog,and a hundred smaller decisions that mattered more than I realized at the time… I don’t land on regret. I don’t find myself wishing I had done something differently. And that surprised…
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What I Do When Fear Tries to Take Over
What makes me nervous? Bugs that jump—grasshoppers, crickets, frogs. I’m not even joking. I still remember this one moment so clearly. Junior year of high school, summer, windows down, driving my 1969 VW Beetle, feeling free—and then a massive grasshopper landed on my passenger seat, facing me. I can still feel it in my body.…
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The Moment You Realize It’s You
There’s a moment that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s not the beginning.It’s not the breakthrough.It’s not even the rock bottom. It’s the moment in the middle—when you start to see things differently…but your life doesn’t reflect it yet. And that’s where it gets uncomfortable. Because you can’t unsee what you see. You start noticing…
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