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Midlife Generations

Midlife Renaissance

A Boomer, a Gen X, and a Millennial Walk Into a Bar

Itโ€™s a good start for a joke, no? I have worked with many midlife clients from these three generations in the last few years. We are at a transient time where ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž. ๐Ÿšช ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ are still there, but they are on their way to exit the stage and enter their next calling. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ ๐†๐ž๐ง...

Small steps goal setting

Goals

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

Coaching

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...

authenticity be you image

Goals

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...

garbage in garbage out

Goals

Garbage In, Garbage Out! Everything You Do Matters

โ€œGarbage in, garbage outโ€ is a phrase many of us came across at some point in our lives. Some of you may have never heard it before, while others may even know its origins. But, how many of you have considered how one could apply its meaning to our everyday lives? Well, I haveโ€ฆ quite a bit. (winking FACE) The...

imposter syndrome

Goals

How To Turn Imposter Syndrome Into Strength

How many times have you become excited about a goal? You start working at it, doing everything in your power to succeed. And then, suddenly, a wave of doubt rolls in. Perhaps, it was a dream job, an activity, an athletic achievement, or even a relationship that you worked hard for. Instead of focusing on the accomplishment and the success...

self-doubt

Goals

How Self-Doubt Can Unlock Your Full Potential

Are you sure? Are you even ready? Isn’t it too risky? Don’t you need more time to think it through? Do you have what it takes? Are you as good as the others? What will happen when you fail? What will others say?  Do these questions sound a bit too familiar? All of these questions stem from our self-doubt, a...

Essentialism Book Review

Reading

Essentialism: Less But Better – Book Review

To some, this may seem like just another self-help book, like just another book youโ€™ll buy and then leave somewhere in the house. Essentialism, by Greg McKeown, is anything but. The book is an essential read for anyone trying to simplify their life by removing the excess load off their shoulders.ย  I first learned about Greg McKeown and his books...

motivation

Goals

Motivation – The Time is NOW

Motivation is the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It is what causes you to act.โ€” Verywell Mind We all have been passionate about achieving a goal. We make a plan, are inspired to work hard and believe in the possibility of success.ย  But, over time, we slow down, postpone some of the planned tasks, and eventually stop altogether....

journaling

Goals

Journaling: The Best Self-Therapy Friend

Journaling – the practice of keeping a journal to explore and make sense of your thoughts and feelings surrounding life. Journaling has always been something I associated with the past when individuals wrote in physical journals and notebooks for communication and self-expression. To me, it was a form of entertainment and a way to kill time and I often wondered...