Intentional Growth
I Am Not Your Friend
When someone makes the decision to work with a life coach, they are not paying for a friend. They are choosing to work with someone who will be honest with them about the dysfunctional and destructive thinking and behavior patterns they see. So though I'm kind and loving, my job is not to be your friend.
Why Boundaries Are Important
When boundaries first entered my life I'll admit I was scared and intimidated. I've since learned that without healthy boundaries, there are no healthy relationships. A place without boundaries is a place where resentment and anger push out love and compassion.
Everything is Figureoutable
It can be easy to believe our brain when it says that things are too hard, that we can't figure it out, that we're just not smart enough. And yet, our brains were created to solve problems, and everything we encounter has a solution. Believing in our ability to figure things out is the first step to creating the life we want.
Avoiding Difficult People
Avoiding difficult people can feel like a quick fix to a challenging situation, but maybe there's another way to approach this situation thatĀ will be more productive in the short-term and also for our own growth long-term.Ā
Finding Yourself
It can be easy to be distracted and enticed by who and what other people are and to compare yourself to them. But learning to see, accept, and embrace who God created you to be is your path for finding true fulfilment and an engaging life.
Better Decision Making
Some decisions in our life just feel so big and difficult to make. Rather than trying to look forward to the end result of the decision, look instead at your reasons for making the decision and it becomes much easier to understand which direction will ultimately work the best for you.
How Gratitude Heals
Not surprisingly, gratitude is not something that comes naturally to us as humans, it's something that we need to learn and cultivate. And when we do learn it, studies have found that it has a positive influence on our mental health. What can you do to practice more gratitude?
Offering Grace for the Humans
It's inevitable that people in your life are going to do things that are hurtful to you or that you don't agree with. Learning to offer grace to others for things they do thatĀ you don't understand is a tool that will bring you a lot of peace in your life.
Maybe Nothing Has Gone Wrong
When we hit mid-life and look at where we are, it's easy to see that we are not where we thought we would be. And from this place it can be an easy jump to thinking that something has gone wrong or that we have done it wrong. But what if nothing has gone wrong? What if everything is just how it was meant to be?