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A collection of 28 posts

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Inner Resilience is the Key to Thriving

7 Signs You Are Building Inner Resilience

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6 Tactics to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

The best way to deal with imposter syndrome is to confront it head-on and to change from thinking you have an imposter life to an imposter moment.

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The Attitude of Gratitude

We've heard that practicing gratitude is important. But why is it so important? The reason is that the benefits are life-changing.

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Embrace the Growth Mindset

Each of us has a mindset that impacts our view of challenges in life. One of these mindsets embraces each challenge; the other avoids them at all costs. Which one do you have?

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Choose Courage

Our fear keeps up from taking action. When we avoid our fear, we fail to grow. Here are 3 steps we can take to choose courage today.

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Align Goals with Priorities

Are your goals aligned with your priorities? When out of balance, our priorities in life can suffer while we pursue our goals. Here is how to get back in alignment.

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Loss & Legacy

Loss is a much a part of life as birth. Legacy is a much a part of life as loss.

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3 Steps to Discover Essentials in Life

We get caught up in the whirlwind of life and forget what is truly essential. Taking time to identify what is essential helps us build a strong foundation in our lives.

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Kindness is Infectious

We can all learn to spread kindness to those around us.

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Choose to Belong

Do you feel like you don't belong? You do. On the other side of this feeling is growth & fulfillment. But, it's going to require something of you to get there.

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The Purposeful Hustle

Do you feel like you are in a constant battle to do more and work harder? Like no matter how much you hustle, you never reach your destination? I invite you to slow down in this moment. Let's look at re-calibrating your compass to ensure you are heading in the right direction.

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Cultivate Your Creativity

Do you see yourself as un-creative? Someone who doesn't have a creative bone in their body? I say you are creative. You have a unique fingerprint - a unique gift. Creativity will help you unlock your gift for the rest of the world.

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Deepen Your Roots

Two weeks ago, a severe & destructive winter storm hit Oregon. Massive trees are down everywhere. Branches strewn all over our yard. Yet some trees still stood tall, with little damage. They survived the storm. How? Strong roots.

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Year 38: Unprecedented Opportunities from an Unprecedented Year

Today is my 39th birthday. As I think back on this last year, it was one of complete chaos with many cherrished memories. Today's essay is reflecting back on year 38 and looking towards tomorrow.

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What You Miss When It's Gone

What do you appreciate about today? Rarely do we slow down and look for what we can appreciate today. Without taking time to reflect, we don't know what we miss until its gone.

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Learn to Listen to Yourself

Our lives are crowded with voices. So many people talking about what we should do, say, or think. When was the list time you listened to your own voice?

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My Spirit Animal: the Sasquatch

The Sasquatch has been my spirit animal. You may have heard of him in folklore. The Sasquatch is an ape-like creature that may not exist. He stays in the shadows and doesn't want to be discovered. He doesn't want to be known. He keeps his world

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Release You v0.1

I love trying to find the perfect tool. Roam, Notion, Obsidian - all of them offer something unique. So many options! Today I realized I spend more time trying to find a tool than working on my craft. I realized I am still learning to release version 0.1

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Turn Problems into Adventures

It was the summer of 1999 and every company was panicked about the "Y2K" computer bug. The bug was due to the year switching from 1999 to 2000 and most computer programs only used two-digit years. Rather than a program recognizing "00" as the year 2000,

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Your Lens of Life: 3 Questions to Ask

We all have our own lens through which we view life. How often do we reflect on our lens and ask if we want to change it?

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3 Steps to Replace Scarcity with Sufficiency

Focusing on abundance is something I struggle with and I'm sure some of you do as well. We've all heard about the benefits of not focusing on what we don't have, but how do we do it?

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3 Steps to Move Through Fear

I remember facing the decision about which college to attend. The first college had a lot of people I knew and was the comfortable choice. At the second college, I didn't know anyone but it's where I wanted to go. The problem with the second college:

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How to Develop Close Friendships

Close friendships are an essential ingredient for a healthy life.

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Don't Quit When Sh*t Happens

Life comes at all of us. We get bumped, bruised, and yell "oh sh*t" along the way. We have choices to make when sh*t happens. What choice will you make?

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Moving Forward into the Unknown

Moving forward despite uncertainty is a skill that one needs to develop.