You want to know how to stop negative thoughts and feel better, cause that’s what we all want, right? To be happy? To feel calm? But sometimes that feels impossible. Negative thoughts permeate into your world all day long. You worry about how to pay for your kids braces. You fume about the coworker taking […]
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Today I got my very first rejection email. This past Friday I emailed my an artwork submission to a company I thought might be a good fit for my work. I researched, I created, I photographed, I laid everything out all nice and pretty. It felt good to send it on Friday–it meant I was
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Last week I wrote about why I haven’t found success as an artist yet. I told you I’m a scaredy cat, and this week I’d give you a list of ten scary things I’m going to do to grow my business. Before I get to the list, though, I want to acknowledge something: in 2015
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Years and years ago I learned about something called The Body Compass exercise. This was taught to me when I went through the life coaching program run by Martha Beck (she’s got a PhD in sociology, writes a column in O Magazine, and has had multiple best-selling books, but mostly she’s just awesome), and although
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Guys. Remember how I was struggling with whether or not I should go to grad school? And then I kept coming up with reasons why it was okay for me to go to grad school/why I should go to grad school? I think it was all a cover. I think it was all me trying
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Remember how last week I wrote about what I was going to challenge myself to this year? As a refresher, the two things I wanted to work on in January were doing scary things and to stop snacking after dinner, but this post is all about the scary stuff. For me, doing scary things means/meant
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Guys, I just listened to a recorded phone call that made me feel good. It reminded me of so much, and there’s one thing I want to share with you. First of all, the recorded call was the Quarterly Coach Call with Martha Beck. I have been a certified Martha Beck coach since 2009, and she
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Step 1: Stop feeling sorry for yourself. If you want a better life, you have to go out and get it. Let go of excuses and blame. Step 2: Follow the joy. For a brighter, more “you” life, the goal should always be joy. I forget this on a daily basis, but I know it’s
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My baby daughter is one month old today. Like most new moms, I was anxious to get my body back, since the magazines at the checkout told me how important it is to do so. There was only one problem: I didn’t lose my body while I was pregnant. Did I do something wrong? Here I
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