Over the past six months, I’ve quietly been healing from hardcore burnout. The signs that my body was growing tired had been accumulating, but for awhile I pushed through. I tried to rest, take care of myself, but it felt really hard. It felt like something was trapping me in old habits, and no matter […]
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What is the difference between a desire that will feed your soul (a soul-based desire) and a desire that, to paraphrase Mr. Wonderful on Shark Tank, will crush you like a cockroach and cause endless suffering (an ego-based desire)? I was thinking about this difference the other day because I’m at a point in my […]
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What’s holding you back? What would be different in your life right now if you loved yourself deeply and completely? What would you no longer tolerate? What would you ask for? What long-forgotten dream would you resuscitate from the ashes, buried there because you… Forgot who you were and what mattered. Gave up pieces […]
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“Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself.” — Chin-Ning Chu, a prominent Chinese-American businesswoman, as quoted in Think and Grow Rich for Women. ^^ That’s an affiliate link and if you purchase, I receive a small commission […]
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Prelude: I wrote about this on social media and it triggered a lot of people. Some of the comments got super nasty. I love discussion, but people who name call or only have venom to contribute will be blocked immediately. I would like to say that while anti-depressant use has soared by 65% in 15 years […]
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// This article is for you if you’ve ever wondered if following your dreams is realistic. // On an interview today, someone asked me to describe my biggest failure and the lessons learned from it. Tuning in, the response surprised me. My biggest failure wasn’t anything to do with my passion work. It […]
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I know a think or two about how to overcome fear because I was stuck in it for 30 years before following my dreams! Unless you’ve been in my world a couple of years you wouldn’t know this, but when I first started sharing my heart online, I wrote anonymously using the moniker Modern Yogi. (Are […]
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Shifting from surviving to thriving requires more than just shifting gears from reverse to drive. There’s so much STUFF. Inner fears, doubts and wounds. The unhealed child. The more surface level patterns of self-sabotage and limiting beliefs that we can spin out and spend all our time reacting from. If you’re not careful, you can […]
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This article is for you if you’re feeling stuck and not sure how to move forward. In order to grow, the turtle must shed its shell. This can be hard to do. The turtle likes its shell. It’s cozy. Comfortable. But the turtle really needs extra space. The frustration rises, and finally, she realizes: […]
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About four years ago, in the pit of despair, I prayed. The most miraculous guidance came, and I have no idea where it came from. That’s how most miracles are, I guess. At the time, I resisted everything about my life: where I lived, my work, and most agonizing of all, myself. I didn’t realize […]
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