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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hopecook
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
Who's in there and what's she waiting on to come out?
I posted a quote on my newsletter from a book I'm reading by Martha Beck. The book is called the way of integrity. In this book,...
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hopecook
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Who/What is your "boy next door"?
When I interviewed Suzanne Kingsbury last week, she said she felt like writing was like falling in love with the boy next door. She’d...
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hopecook
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Visualize and Implement Change or Shut up
Okay, on Saturday, you heard my interview with Talia Sierra and Heidi Brown, aka the Burnout Girls. I think it was Heidi who said you...
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hopecook
- Mar 24, 2021
- 4 min
Open to Possibility
Sometimes we need to be open to life to allow it to happen. Happiness is there and accessible if we can stop planning, making lists, and...
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hopecook
- Mar 17, 2021
- 4 min
7 Steps to Cultivating Stillness and Listening to Your Intuition
When I interviewed Debra Alt last week, she spoke about listening to your intuition. She said we should practice cultivating stillness...
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hopecook
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
Never Let a "No" Be a Dead End
I interviewed Beatriz Buarque last week about resilience and not letting go of her dream of working for Globo TV from the time she was a...
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hopecook
- Mar 3, 2021
- 5 min
Girl, Choose Yourself!
Heather B Johnston talked in our interview last week about how she "chose herself" over and over while recovering from burnout. She knew...
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hopecook
- Feb 24, 2021
- 5 min
Self-Doubt Susan
Last week when I interviewed Shannon Ball, she talked about self-doubt. She said she's always had self-doubt. Each step of the way. But...
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hopecook
- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
My Story of Losing and Finding My Voice
Children should be seen and not heard was a frequent refrain growing up. I'm sure my mother copied it from her mother, who was born in...
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hopecook
- Feb 13, 2021
- 4 min
Love Buckets
I like to refer to our love languages as our love buckets. I would say "love tanks" but I drive an electric car and my husband rides his...
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hopecook
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
The Complain Game, Ego's Favorite Way to Stay STUCK
Part of this journey we're on involves moving past ourselves. We're in our own way. How often do you complain about things or people? ...
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hopecook
- Jan 30, 2021
- 3 min
Before you quit your job, read this!
Why is it we think we should quit our jobs when we stop feeling excited and energized? Do we get bored once the learning curve flattens...
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hopecook
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
I've Got a Story, You've Got a Story, We've All Got a Story to Tell
When I was a PA student, Emory organized clinical rotations for us during our second year. For those of us who'd agreed to go back and...
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hopecook
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
Reconnect with the 7-year-old You
I went on a yoga retreat a couple of years ago. We had a wonderful guided meditation where the instructor told us to visualize our...
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hopecook
- Jan 8, 2021
- 5 min
2021, You Decide How it's Going to Go
Let's start with a visioning exercise. Imagine one year from now. You're sitting at home and reflecting on the year. You sigh...
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hopecook
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
Happy(?!) New Year
We're all happy to say goodbye to 2020 but not everyone is excited about 2021, either. The holiday season is a rough time of year for...
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hopecook
- Oct 24, 2020
- 2 min
Fake it
Want to be a different version of you? What's stopping you? There are probably a million and one things stopping you. We're quick to come...
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hopecook
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
Surrender Experiment at Work
I'm reading Michael Singer's Surrender Experiment. It's written like an autobiography and chronicles his life of surrendering over and...
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hopecook
- Dec 8, 2018
- 3 min
Sneaky Ways Your Battery is Getting Drained and How to Stop it.
I wrote previously about "range anxiety" with my Leaf, but today I want to talk about the battery. I have an electric Leaf named Fred...
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