Author: Antonia Varbanova

Small steps goal setting

Small Steps โ€” Big Results โ€” Happy Lives

If you are like me, you want to change some parts of your life. You know what you want. You know what you have to change. You may even know how to achieve it. What you donโ€™t know is how to get over the big mountain between you and where you want to be. If you feel this way, you...

What is your story

What Is Your Story? The Stories We Tell Ourselves

How often do we stop ourselves from trying something new or going on a less traveled road because we already decided that we weren’t good at it, would fail, or didn’t have the time? How often do we stay feeling dissatisfied with what we do but don’t want to change anything because we tell ourselves that the known devil is...

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Book Review: Atlas of the Heart – Brenรฉ Brown

I read Atlas of the Heart at the beginning of the year โ€“ it quickly became one of my favorite books.ย  The book is designed beautifully. Brenรฉ Brown connects to the richest and most complex of our emotions, keeping us hooked and eager to read on. From flipping through the pages to smelling the freshly printed ink to admiring the...

Perfectionism, Or How To Sabotage Your Productivity

Before the communists came to power in 1946, my great-grandmother owned a fashion house. If there was one person who knew exactly how to fix any garment, it was her. My grandma could create a beautiful piece of clothing out of an old piece of fabric, no matter the shape or design. As a teenager, it was my great-grandmother that...

Work and Balanced And Purposeful Life

The Pursuit Of Balanced And Purposeful Life

A career change later in life is no longer the unconventional, taboo concept it once was. We hear about such shifts daily, be it listening to a podcast from a sales trainer turned entrepreneur billionaire, reading about how a mother went from changing diapers to starting a multi-million business, or our parents telling us they’ve decided to take their newfound...

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The Career Change – Connect Who You Are To What You Do

I want a career change! How did I end up here? This is not how I wanted to spend my life! What can I do about this? I feel stuck! Who can help me find what I was meant to do? Have you ever felt like part of life to which you no longer belong? It might have once been...

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Authenticity – How To Build Your Success

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”– Brene Brown The world celebrates individuality and uniqueness. Modern-day media platforms seem to constantly promote authenticity, bombarding us with advertisements and infomercials convincing us to make a meaningful...

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90-10 Principle. How To Respond And Not React

I first heard about the 90-10 life principle in a yoga class. I find that we often hear an idea, phrase, or message and it resonates with us; however, we end up forgetting it. Unlike those instances, I retained the 90-10 principle.  The 90-10 Principle of Stephen Covey Stephen Covey is the person who came up with the 90-10 principle....