I spent 3 days with Rachel Hollis and 4,000 energetic, heart-open women at the Rise Ft. Myers personal development conference last week. I have a new word for 2020. If you read my last blog, you know that every year I pick one word that is my intention for the year, that will inspire me and help me make decisions about how I spend my time and energy. Before attending Rachel’s conference, my word was …
“New Year, New You!” 🤮 If I hear this again I may actually barf a little. 🤢 Just because the year changes, it doesn’t mean we will. Most of us want to change, but, when it comes down to it, we don’t want to do the work that is required for change. We realize that the work can be hard or messy and that it takes us out of our comfort zone. So only when …
Let’s talk about 2 Essential Ingredients To Make Lasting Change (that most people dismiss) So You Can Achieve Your Goals And Desires In 2020. Because, let’s be honest with ourselves here, all growth and achievement of our goals, whether personal or professional, requires change of some sort. Change can look like shifting our mindset or habits, learning a new skill, or adjusting the way we spend our time. If we don’t initiate change, 2020 is …
One of my mindset coaches regularly showed me a picture of Michael Phelps in the 2016 Olympics 200M Butterfly event. This picture that caused internet frenzy is of Phelps looking forward, determined, swimming with his eyes on the goal. South African Chad le Clos, a rival of Phelps who had beat him in previous years, is just one head-length behind Phelps in the other lane. In the picture, le Clos is watching Phelps, rather than looking toward where …
Part of what contributes to the angst and overwhelm of our lives is that so many of us wear masks. We choose to be inauthentic to fit in or because that’s what we learned served us or kept us safe as kids. Perhaps we wore the “Tough Girl” mask so the bullies or mean girls would leave us alone. Or we wore the “Good Girl” mask to please our parents who were consumed with a …