Tag: growth mindset
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The Spiral of Unrealistic Expectations: Getting Your Life Together
How to get your life together and make total life changes that can be sustainable? There’s a common trap many of us fall into on the journey of self-improvement and life changes: setting sky-high expectations that we can’t realistically meet, then beating ourselves up when we don’t. Sound familiar? You decide you’re finally going to…
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5 Daily Habits to Enrich Your Mental Health From a Life Coach
Simple Practices for Self Development and Emotional Wellness Mental health isn’t just something you check in on when you’re overwhelmed, it’s something you nurture daily. Just like you care for your physical body with food and movement, your mind and emotions need consistent care, too. This can also help in a self development journey. As…
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What Does a Life Coach Do? Teacher & Self Development
A Life Coach’s Perspective on Listening, Leading, and Learning Together. We’ve all had teachers in life, some in classrooms, some in quiet moments, some on horseback, and others disguised as challenges. But what really makes someone a great teacher and what does a life coach do? Is it knowledge? Experience? A degree? While things things…
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Cozymaxxing: Self Development Through Comfort or Just Another Face of Toxic Positivity?
In the whirlwind of internet trends, a new aesthetic has quietly taken hold, cozymaxxing. It can promote self development as well as provide space for growth. So, what is coxymaxxing? It’s soft, warm, and wrapped in fuzzy socks and ambient lighting. On the surface, it seems like a harmless (even healthy) embrace of comfort and…
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Profound Choices of How an Outfit Aligns with Self Help Strategies
This question came up recently, and I couldn’t help but laugh, not because it’s silly, but because it’s secretly profound in the form of self help. This daily choice is a reminder that we provide ourselves with self help and self improvement strategies. You see, trying to pick one outfit to wear every single day…
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Learning to Feel Safe Again: What Helped Me Along the Way
It took me a long time to feel okay in my own skin, mentally and physically. For decades, I existed in a state of hyper-awareness. I would scan every room the moment I entered; I chose seats where my back was against the wall, eyes always on the door. Surviving was the only thing I…