This One Tool Will Drastically Change Your Stress Level
One of my new favorite tools came from Mel Robbins, and, as she told the story on a podcast interview, it was actually a lesson from her...
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Jan 38 min read
Stop Relying on Outside Sources to Make You Happy: How to Give Yourself What You Want
When I was 5, I was finally old enough to understand the true meaning of Christmas: gifts from the Sears Wish Catalog. I was mature...
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Nov 17, 20238 min read
Story Fondling, How Caressing Your Past Can Damage Your Future
fon·dle, /ˈfänd(ə)l/ verb: stroke or caress lovingly I'd only heard the word fondle in the context of body parts until my life coach...
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Oct 24, 20236 min read
Here's why you need a framework before you get burned out and how to create one
I saw an elderly patient last week who had bruises and a skinned knee. He'd fallen in his garage when he was alone. Knowing his age and...
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hopecook
Oct 13, 20236 min read
Do THIS When Life Knocks You Down
We were in the Waffle House Sunday when my teenage son pointed out the song playing. It was Chumbawumba's I get knocked down. The four...
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Oct 6, 20238 min read
10 Steps to Transform Your "Just a Job" into Your Calling
I've been reading a lot of positive psychology books to understand a) how to have more joy in my life b) how much agency we humans...
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hopecook
Sep 29, 20238 min read
Is Resistance Keeping You From Accomplishing Your Dreams?
Why can't I finish writing my book I started 4 years ago? Why won't clients follow their callings, especially when they're miserable in...
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hopecook
Sep 22, 20239 min read
Are You An Anxious Mess? 11 Tricks to Stop Anxiety from Sabotaging your Career and Happiness
Fear gets a lot of press as being the bad guy keeping you stuck in job you hate because you can't take a leap into the unknown. Anxiety,...
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hopecook
Sep 13, 20239 min read
Why You Shouldn't Jump Off the Struggle Bus into Oncoming Traffic (yet)
I hear from a lot of you who are on the struggle bus. Marriage, kids, job: they all seem to win us a ride on the struggle bus. Very few...
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hopecook
Sep 6, 20235 min read
What's Wrong With Me? Getting to the Root of Your Job Dissatisfaction
Have you ever found yourself asking, "What is wrong with me?" And then you turn around and blame your work dissatisfaction on external...
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hopecook
Jul 19, 20232 min read
How to Use Self-Compassion to Heal Burnout
I've been binging on podcasts featuring interviews with Kristen Neff, a self-compassion researcher. You may have heard her powerful Ted...
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hopecook
Sep 25, 20228 min read
Triple P Cocktail: Perfectionistic People Pleasing
My clients always have their reasons for staying stuck. Lila swears she and her family need a certain income to maintain their lifestyle,...
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hopecook
Aug 7, 20224 min read
When Dreams Crash and Burn
For the last 10 days, someone near and dear to me has been struggling with inner demons. This person thought they wanted a dream. They...
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hopecook
Jun 15, 20221 min read
#118: Kristi Amdahl: from severe depression to finally taking ownership of her life
A Voice during Kristi's bleakest period rescued her from severe depression to living in her "zone of genius". Hear her incredible story...
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hopecook
May 11, 20229 min read
Getting out of the Bog of Past and Current Thoughts
The theme of my life coaching is helping clients get unstuck. Most clients know they feel trapped or stuck, but they don't usually know...
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hopecook
Apr 29, 202210 min read
How to make decisions based on your intuition vs letting your "Inner Manager" make the call
For those women or men out there who have trouble making a decision or knowing which way is the "right" way, this episode is for you. ...
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hopecook
Mar 3, 20225 min read
Your Permission Slip to Rest and Do Nothing
Some days, I don’t feel like doing anything. I'm starting to question why my brain can label this a bad thing. Sometimes we need to...
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hopecook
Feb 17, 20227 min read
Money, Food, Time: Connecting the dots on how these 3 are the reason you're staying stuck
Mindsets, what are they anyway? As simple as it sounds: your mindset is how your mind is set on something and you probably don’t even...
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hopecook
Feb 4, 20226 min read
It's 2/2/22! How is this day going to be different than any other day?
Have you ever had the thought that this day in history is never happening again? This happened to me while writing today's date in my ...
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hopecook
Jan 19, 202210 min read
Woo-woo Stuff that Actually Works!
One word: Mantras. Mantras aren’t part of a particular religion, they’re not Buddhist or Hindu. They cross all religions, even ...
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