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What Coaching Gave Me (That I Wouldn't Have Otherwise)
A fulfilling career, love, an amazing home, a year traveling the world ... does that all count?
Is Your Inner Critic Really Your Friend?
My assumption had been that listening to my inner critic would make me a better person and yet the opposite seemed to be true.
When We Reach Out, We Open Up Our World
Ever since Business Insider published my piece about how about why I took a sabbatical at age 34, dozens of people have contacted me to tell me how much my story resonated with them.
How To Make Better Decisions
Easy techniques for making better decisions, from the book Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
One Magic Question When You're Overwhelmed
In moments of stress, this can be one of the most empowering questions you can ask yourself.
Your Hobby Matters: 3 Questions to Help You Discover Your Next Hobby
Would you like more time for your hobbies? Do it. Make time. It really is important.
Now, For First Steps - A Practical Idealist's Guide to a New Year (Part II)
You’ve dreamed. You've drifted. Now it's time to call in your Practical side to take your first steps toward your goals.
First, Go Big – The Practical Idealist’s Guide to a New Year (Part I)
As you start planning for a fantastic new year, first call on your Idealist.
Best Life Hack of 2015: Audiobook Multi-tasking
Audiobooks helped me get caught up with all the professional reading I wanted to do.
Your Year in Review
Before you start planning what you’re going to do with a fabulous new year, how about taking some time to review how you did this past year?
How to Set Up an Accountability Partnership
If you've been stuck with one of your goals for a long time, get yourself an accountability partner.
When The News Makes You Ask "What Can I Do?"
Say with your actions what kind of world you want to live in. Right now, in your daily life.
Soak up the good stuff
Take 10-20 seconds everyday to savor the good stuff in life and it will re-program your brain.
¡Olé Olé! One Family's Adventurous Sabbatical in Granada
Learning a foreign language was so important to this Madison, Wisconsin, family that they are taking a two year sabbatical in Granada, Spain. ¡Qué fantástico!
Why You Should Make a Bucket List
The biggest, most amazing changes in my own life started with a bucket list.