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I am fascinated by people who seem to beat the odds. The ones who play life by their own rules, tackle big hairy audacious goals, the kind of people who are truly, fully living.
It's easy to look at them and think, "I could never do that." We chalk their success or good fortune up to luck or...
I feel a soapbox coming on. I hope you'll bear with me because the lesson here has the potential to make a real and noticeable impact on your life experience.
While I spent part of my morning diving into studies examining the neural circuitry of the amygdala, chemical switches in the brain,...
Normally I don't have trouble coming up with topics for blog posts. I've either read or experienced something that sparks an idea, had a thought-provoking conversation, or seen a trend in my clinical practice (people seem to hit walls around the same time. It's kind of amazing, actually.). I have...
I have some big news to share. Last weekend, I gave my first TEDx talk!
This has been a long-time personal goal, a true bucket list item. The experience was everything I'd hoped it would be, and I'm incredibly proud of the talk I gave.
I won't lie. I've really enjoyed having people cheer me...
What went well this week because of you? I was scrolling on TikTok, and that question stopped me in my tracks. I knew I had to get a hold of the creator in the video to have him on the show. Turns out, this week’s guest, Brian Fretwell is an author, facilitator, and the founder of...
Neuroplasticity. A concept we’ve all heard about. It’s a key driver of growth mindset, the creation of new habits, the reason why gratitude practices are so powerful, and the underlying factor that allows us to reinvent ourselves.
How amazing is that?!
But, there’s...
Have you ever heard the saying. “Can’t never could”? It turns out there’s more wisdom in that little nugget than you might realize.
How often do find yourself thinking or saying, “I can’t”?
Maybe it’s that you can’t do a skill or go some...
We all want the best for our kids; that goes without saying. But, sometimes, our best intentions actually get in the way of our kids making the mistakes they need to make to grow and develop into educated, high-functioning adults.
In today’s episode, we’re talking with ...