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You Quit. I quit. Here’s why we all quit.
You’ve made allll kinds of changes to your life and still you’re having negative thoughts. Or still procrastinating. Or your self-doubt is creeping in the back door. You’re moody, your cravings are back, and you’re losing sight of your goals. Again. Let me pull up a stool beside you and say, Yes! ME The Hell […]
read moreHow to Beat the #1 Mistake Women Make at Work
You Deserve To Be SEEN: How Women Can Come Out From Hiding at Work This year I’ve traveled across the country and heard from thousands of women. What have you told me? How excited you are to start your business and how nervous you are about quitting a job and starting the job search all […]
read more21 Ways to Think This, Not That
Wouldn’t it be awesome if your brain had a defect that ONLY allowed you to say good things to yourself? You: (checking yourself out in mirror) Hello, Gorgeous. Do you just keep getting even more amazing each day? Ha! If only. We don’t do that because our brains are actually hard-wired to pick up on the […]
read more10 Questions To Help You Visualize Your Future
I’ve talked a lot about how visualization helps you create the future you want. This powerful tool has made a difference for me in my own life, when as an out-of-work-lawyer-turned-executive life coach, I saw myself on a TED stage one day, sharing with others how I changed my life. In my vision I was […]
read moreThe Ultimate Guide to Sleep
From personal experience, I’ve found that taking control of my mornings–and popping out of bed as soon as the alarm clock rings–has changed my life. If you’ve read or listened to The 5 Second Rule, you already know how I feel about the mornings! I’m obsessed with mornings and, in the book, I outline exactly […]
read moreHow to Know You’re Making the Right Decision
15 years ago, my husband, Chris, opened a pizza restaurant with one of his best friends. He’d been working in a suit-and-tie world for years and hated it. But when he told me his plans, I was… less than thrilled. I had just quit my job to pursue coaching full time and we had two […]
read more16 Ways to Practice Self-Care
I posted this video recently and your hundreds of follow-up comments across social media made me realize something: self-care is hard for you. At least for many of you. Whether you feel you don’t have the time to do something for yourself or you feel guilty when you do, scheduling time to be completely selfish […]
read moreYou’re Growing, but the People in Your Life Are Not. Here’s What to Do.
If you’ve been doing a ton of work on yourself by changing routines and bad habits or taking courses about self-improvement and your partner isn’t supportive or excited about growing with you, this post is for you. In 1994, when I first met my husband Chris, he was participating in a three-day seminar about personal […]
read moreYou’re Never Going to Feel Like It
At some point, we all bought into this lie that you’ve got to feel ready in order to change. That at some point, you are going to have the courage and the confidence to change–and, frankly, that’s it’s total bullsh*t. You may be reading this right now and you have these incredible ideas and what […]
read more7 Ways To Get to the Next Level In Your Life
One thing is for sure: What worked to get you to one level will not get you to the next. Every phase of your life will require a different you, and regardless of where you are at, you’ll have to change at least one thing (if not multiple things) to catapult yourself to where you […]
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