How Over-committing Drains Your Sense of Personal Freedom (& How to Change That) alignment authenticity clarity comfort zone enjoy the journey facing fears getting started habits honor your truth mindfulness personal freedom relationships self sabotage success principles take action

I’ve been contemplating the concept of personal freedom lately – a lot. There are a multitude of ways in which one can experience a sense of personal freedom, like in doing work you enjoy, taking time off from work, traveling, having no money worries, being able to jump in the car and...

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Three Ways to Stop Dreading & Start Celebrating More alignment change facing fears fear goals happiness live your truth new years resolutions pillars of living fully success principles take action wording

It’s my birthday!

I am officially closing out one decade – decade! – and moving into a new one, and I’m reeeeaaaally looking forward to celebrating in the weeks ahead. I love celebrating my birthday a lot a lot! (No, that's not a typo.) I do a number of fun things and...

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It's Just Too... alignment be the change clarity comfort zone enjoy the journey fear goals habits happiness honor the struggle live your truth mindset pillars of living fully right time success principles take action

Can you think of a time when you blew things up in your mind to be way bigger than they ended up actually being? Like something being much more difficult or taking significantly longer than what played out? I imagine that we've all done that from time to time, right? After all, how can we predict...

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How well do you know your Self? Could you be selling yourself short? alignment authenticity change clarity comfort zone fear goals habits happiness honor your truth know yourself live your truth neuroscience should subconscious take action you deserve more

We all like to think that we know ourselves. I mean, come on. Haven’t we quite literally been the one who’s been there the entire time, in every single waking – and sleeping – moment? Seems like that should mean something, right?

And we have all of our friends and family...

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Develop the Clarity You Need: 3 Actions You Can Take alignment authenticity clarity comfort zone getting started happiness honor your truth know yourself live your truth pillars of living fully should

Can you remember a time when you were struggling to figure out which way to go in life or how to handle a sticky situation? Or when you were deciding between staying at your current not-so-fulfilling job where you knew what to expect versus accepting a position at a new company that seemed...

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Vulnerability: Worth the Risk? alignment authenticity honor your truth live your truth vulnerability

Let’s be honest. Being vulnerable sucks. No one really enjoys being vulnerable. In fact, most of us try to avoid even appearing vulnerable at all costs. Just look at some of the definitions:

  • capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
  • open to attack or damage
  • ...
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Dear Reader, this is what I want for YOU alignment authenticity live your truth mindset self acceptance self love take action

I woke up the other day feeling a deep sense of love. I felt almost giddy with love. There was no particular reason driving how I felt – no person, no event, no memory, not even a song or scene from a movie. I simply felt love.

As I got my day started, I began to ponder what was creating...

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Do You Really Want Time to Go Faster? alignment mindfulness perspective present moment right time

I was messaging with a friend recently, catching up on our days. I told him that I’d gotten a lot of work done that day, had worked out, and that I was getting ready to head off to meet with a client. His response was, “Nice! You are so busy. The day goes faster like that.”

Hold...

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