Life Coaching

Making a "Five Year Plan"

Making a "Five Year Plan"

This year I did something I’ve never done before. I made a “Five Year Plan.” The plan I made for myself was scary and ambitious, but also after doing the numbers I feel really good about the plan. I’m inspired and looking forward to the challenge. I share exactly how I did it in the post.

Five Steps for Setting Goals That Stick

Five Steps for Setting Goals That Stick

We’re coming up on the New Year, a time at which we reflect on the year past and set goals, or “resolutions,” for the new year. This week I wanted to explore what it means to set goals in our lives, how we choose them, and how we achieve them.

Would You Like You If You Met You?

Would You Like You If You Met You?

For a long time I knew there was a different version of me that I wanted to be. That person would be more open, expressive, curious, and excited for life… but I didn’t know how to get there.

Nine Gratitude Journal Prompts

Nine Gratitude Journal Prompts

One of the interesting things about gratitude is just how loaded a topic it is for some of us. It’s often coupled with feelings of guilt, unworthiness, or unrealistic expectations. Or that it’s all just a bunch of woo-woo nonsense.

In this post I compiled some different gratitude journal prompts, but I curated these with an eye towards understanding some of the challenges we have with the idea. I hope this helps!

Gratitude Doesn't Negate Your Challenges. It Empowers You To Face Them.

Gratitude Doesn't Negate Your Challenges. It Empowers You To Face Them.

Before I got serious about creating a gratitude practice for myself I used to worry that it would take away my edge, cause me to ignore my challenges, and gloss over injustices in the world. I found the reality to be the opposite case.