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3 Keys to Practicing True Self-Care

My mother’s reaction was so predictable. Every time I would share my dreams, my vision, or how I wanted to impact the world in some way, she would listen and then say, "Take care of yourself." I remember being triggered at times. One day, I voiced my frustration: "Is this all you care about?" ...

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Create Space in Your Life for Connections to Others

We generally think of February as a month to celebrate relationships. For most of us, this means flowers, gifts, and dinners—the more expensive, the better. But despite the money spent in service to relationships, as a species, we're becoming more lonely and less empathetic. We crave to create spa...

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A 3-Step Plan to Take Your Dreams from Vision to Reality

First published on Happify. When my four children were little, we spent a good part of one summer break creating vision boards. A decade or so later, I found the four boards up in the attic, stacked alongside school projects from years ago and old furniture they'd outgrown. As I brushed the dust ...

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How to Develop an Abundance Mindset When Money and Time Are Tight

First published on happify.com Have you ever been around someone who exuded a sense of peace and contentment? They may not have had the biggest house, the greatest job, or the best-behaved kids in the world, but they seemed to have something far more precious: true happiness. In fact, just being ar...

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The 4 Stages Of Working Through Transitions

First published on forbes.com I’ve been thinking of transitions lately, and what they mean for our lives. Perhaps it’s because of the unprecedented collective transition we’re living through. Perhaps it’s because transitions are integral to women’s lives—every so many years we find ou...

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Do You Live In Your Body (Or In Your Head)?

I’ve been thinking about how as women, we stand at this strange crossroads in our collective journey. For all our progress, here we are back to fighting for some of the same rights to our freedom as women before us have already fought and won. The patriarchy we live in is insidious, and it will...

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A 3-Step Plan to Feel Less Lonely in a Relationship

A client was talking about a man she’d been dating for almost a year. She liked him, they went out regularly, but the relationship wasn’t moving forward. “I find it difficult to open up,” she said. “And I’m afraid he’ll leave because he wants a committed relationship.” I’m not a...

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Here’s What You’re Likely NOT Doing in Your Relationships

What comes to mind when you think about celebration in your relationships? Birthdays? Anniversaries? Major milestones where we dress up, go out for dinner and expect a present. But what about all those little moments worth celebrating nonetheless, like when your partner shares a joke with you aft...

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Feel Like An Imposter? Here’s What You Must Do

When you read the word celebration, what feeling does it evoke in you? I ask because for most women, celebration can bring up mixed feelings. On the one hand, it can make us uncomfortable. Many of us grow up being told that celebrating ourselves or our achievements isn’t very lady-like, or that...

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Seeing The Beauty In Small Things

You know the feeling when Spring rolls around and life feels full of promise again? The daffodils come back, the grass reappears beneath the snow, chipmunks are out again, and the gray clouds of winter give away to blue skies. I’ve always loved the smell of Spring. It has an invitation in it. A...

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Are You Making The Right Resolutions?

This article first appeared on Happify. What is it about resolutions? They're so exciting to set but so hard to keep. As a coach, I spend a lot of time figuring out what will help my clients stick to the intentions they set for their lives. Here’s what I’ve learned: We usually go about our go...

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How The Right Confidence Will Help You Succeed

This article first appeared on Forbes. Today many of us are feeling we have very little left to give. Our goals, dreams and resolutions are either withering into the distance, or demanding the energy we just don’t have. We’re tired. We’re fried. We’re drained to our bones with what we’v...

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