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 …
I write because it feels good to express myself. I write because it allows me to capture and make sense of the wisdom that is in front of me. I write because it inspires others. I write because it is the tool and gift God gave me to brighten up this world. I write because I have something to say. I write because I am a writer. I wrote the above during a journaling session …
For a long while, the end of the day would come, but I wouldn’t be able to relax. The boys would be down for the night, the kitchen clean, the house neat. I’d sit on the couch to watch TV or read, and my foot would start tap-tap-tapping away, antsy, like there was something else I should be doing. Sometimes I’d log back into my work VPN and answer emails, but the niggle stayed with …