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Most of us don’t realize how powerful stories are in our lives, because we don’t even notice that we’re telling ourselves a story. But stories shape everything. For example, the stories you tell yourself is the reason you feel: Nothing in the basic reality of life makes us feel these things. It’s our stories about our …
In recent weeks, almost every coaching client I’ve been working with has been feeling one big thing: overwhelm. It seems almost universal: people can’t seem to deal with the big things in their lives because they’re feeling too overwhelmed. They can’t take on their more meaningful projects, because there’s just too …
This week, we’ve opened up enrollment for my deepest program, Fearless Mastery. It’s 20 or so people coming together to support each other’s meaningful work in community, and to get supported by me and our other coaches. The name “Fearless Mastery” brings up a lot of uncertainty in people, a lot of preconceived …
Quitting an old habit or forming a new habit is fairly simple when it comes to the steps to doing it: find your trigger and do a new habit at that trigger over and over. Remind yourself to do it. Make it rewarding. The simplicity is deceptive, though: there are some physical urges and even more mental habits that keep …
The other day I was having such a chill, easy day despite doing all of my usual work and chores and workout activities — the phrase, “Life on Easy Mode” came to me. The rest of the week, I kept the question in my mind, “What would it be like to have life on easy mode?” A lot of answers came to me, and I’ll share some …
Yesterday I posted about Family Day, where we try to have fun together as a family, often for free or without spending much money. I thought it would be useful to list some ways to have fun with your kids without spending a lot of money:
On yesterday’s coaching call in Conscious Growth Club – which set a new record at 5.5 hours – I often referred back to the importance of clarifying intentions. This is especially critical when you’re facing those tricky either-or decisions, both of which seem like partial matches. Whenever you get confused, it’s often …
Undercover Simple Frugality: Want to look as if youre living a wealthier lifestyle than you actually are? Even though I want to life my life without spending a lot of money on it, I have no desire to look poor. One thing masters of the Live Cheap, Look Rich lifestyle will tell you is that wealth is just as much about …