What dreams are hiding in your heart of hearts? Practical tips for the what to do about them! #124
I was talking to a client this past week and she let it slip that her dream job would be to be a full-time fiction writer. She works as...
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hopecook
- Aug 24, 2022
- 7 min
An Underused Super Power: Silence (episode 122)
This past weekend I went on retreat. Not to a fancy yoga or wellness center, although they do serve delicious simple meals. I went to a...
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hopecook
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
What if you can't feel your feelings? Emotional Constipation (episode 121)
If you're a non-feeler, I bet at some point during your childhood you learned it was safer not to feel sad, mad, worried, or hurt. It...
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hopecook
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
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
- May 11, 2022
- 10 min
Getting out of the Bog of Past and Current Thoughts
The theme of my life coaching is helping clients get unstuck. They may not use the word "stuck" but they'll use some iteration of that...
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hopecook
- Apr 29, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 10 min
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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hopecook
- Jan 11, 2022
- 8 min
Get your boodie in gear for the new year with a new way of looking at resoloutions
I love this time of year. No broken resolutions yet and my goals are still dangling like ripe fruit in front of me, waiting for me to...
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hopecook
- Jan 3, 2022
- 9 min
Baby, I'm Worth It
I love reviewing the end of the year and the start of a new one by going over all the things that happened, good and bad, and thinking...
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hopecook
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Quick Questions to Determine What's (or Who's) No Longer a Good Fit in Your Life
I’m reading a book about walking the Camino, a pilgrimage trail in Spain that takes 35-40 days to walk. The descriptions of ill-fitting...
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hopecook
- Oct 1, 2021
- 11 min
My BIG Announcement
Here's my story. So, as most of you know, I've been a Physician Assistant for almost 20 years. I first worked in internal medicine and...
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hopecook
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
Small Steps to Mighty Wins
We recently returned from a trip to Oregon. We spent 5 nights on a river. We normally car camp maybe once or twice a year, so 5 nights of...
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hopecook
- Jul 1, 2021
- 7 min
Get off the Default Bus Route
We teach what we need. So I hope you don’t judge me when I tell you I’ve been stuck so many times, it’s become a joke in our family. Now,...
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hopecook
- Jun 24, 2021
- 5 min
10 Steps for Managing Modern Day Cortisol
If you’re in survival mode with the stressors of parenting, work, and all the other things in your life, how can you keep your head above...
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hopecook
- Jun 17, 2021
- 7 min
The Dangers of Self-Confirming Bias
I was listening to a podcast and heard one of my favorite self-help authors talking about how we tend to look for evidence to support our...
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hopecook
- Jun 10, 2021
- 7 min
How to Automate and Optimize Your Home Life
Part of moving forward on your journey will be to identify and clear away the obstacles in your path. Obstacles could be big things like...
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hopecook
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Why are you discontent? A simple exercise for pinpointing the cause and steps to solve it!
I don't hide the fact that I'm addicted to self-improvement podcasts and books. I calculated that over the last 10 years, I've read over...
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