The Challenge of Change. If you look closely, change has challenge inside of it, and every challenge is surrounded by change:

CHA-LLE-NGE

In my work as a life coach I like to think of the L.L.E. within challenge as: LET. LIFE. EVOLVE.

All too often you want to hold on to what was because it is familiar, and easy, and routine. Your brain LOVES familiar, easy, and routine because that is less work for the machine in your head.

The harder you resist change, the longer it takes to accept.

Your kid(s) are meant to fly.

Deep down you know this to be true AND it's one of the hardest things to accept -- in the moment.

If there's one thing I've learned from my journey and those of my clients it's this:

The more time you spend waiting to be involved in your kids' adult lives the longer and harder it becomes to be involved in your OWN life. [read more]

Today, while hiking, I asked one of my fellow hikers what they meant when they said they wanted to do more uncomfortable things this year (kudos to them for setting such an awesome goal).

When I asked what that meant specifically, they explained all the ways in which they wanted to be more comfortable with being uncomfortable. [read more]

While I’m not one for resolutions, today I thought long and hard about what I most want from my life in the New Year.

Here’s where I landed.

I resolved not to do something for myself, but to do it for others.

My NYE resolution will be to help twice as many people as I did in 2023.

How am I defining help?

Help could be as simple as offering a smile to a stranger who might be having a hard time.

It could also mean doing random acts of kindness.

Or reaching out to a friend with whom I haven’t connected in a bit.

I also see help as working with more clients in my business.

Ultimately, I define help as serving others in my life in any way I can.

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There was a time when I used to let the big emotions of life transitions get the best of me – struggling for much longer than I should have – which caused me to spiral into thinking only about the event that took place and not how I was going to let go and move on.

Everyday I felt the big emotions around the change we were about to make and what it meant for me and for my family. Logically, I knew that letting go and moving on from a life we knew for 18 years was actually a good thing for us – it was time for a new adventure. But the struggle of letting go and moving on was always present.

You may be asking yourself right at this moment, how do I let go and move on? [read more]

George Eliot, the famed literary critic and author, once penned this powerful quote: "It is never too late to be what you might have been."

Let's explore the meaning behind this timeless wisdom and take a look at some practical advice for identifying and pursuing our passions and goals, regardless of age or past experiences.

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