It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
-Henry David Thoreau
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Your Needs and Values

You are so much more than your job, your health, and your struggles. If we don’t align our life to our needs and values, we’re likely to flounder. Discover your needs and values and use that knowledge to shape your choices and actions.

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Clearance and Discount Items – Really a Value?

My frugality has gotten in my way, attempting to save money has lead me to clearance items and the discovery that there’s a cost to those as well.

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Cultivate Curiosity

Getting curious about yourself can help lead you to answers to solve your own struggles – especially if you can curb about the “shoulds” and “oughts”. Discover your own strengths and use them to modify your approach.

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Delaying Gratification

The Stanford marshmallow experiment fascinates me – the idea of delaying gratification, imposing some self-control – to get what we want. It’s inspired me to stop and consider the marshmallow of much I encounter in my life and whether I can apply the self-control for my benefit.

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What Type Are You?

We’re all quite unique individuals and need to find systems that work for us specifically. By identifying our strengths and limitations, we can begin to develop those systems for ourselves.

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Negativity – Nip it in the Bud Now

Hearing negative, critical comments from others puts a serious burr in my saddle – especially when it’s not something I can address directly. Yet only one person can really stop that negativity – YOU.

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NCRW Huh, What’s That?

A primary idea in coaching is that everyone is NCRW – naturally creative, resourceful, and whole – and that means you, yes you, are NCRW. Sometimes it’s harder to believe than other time, especially about ourselves!

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Let Your Passion Lead You

Sometimes we have a moment, a sort of epiphany, when we realize that we’re buying things or have collected things that do not reflect the actual life we’re leading. There are several components of this and can help lead us to leading the life we want.

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We Must Always Change

Change can be appreciated when it’s for the better and hated when it looks like it’s for the worst, yet it is inevitable and important in each and every life.

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Find Your Curiosity

If we can discover within ourselves a genuine curiosity about why the other person does such and which, we’re then open to dialogue and thus on the road to a solution that works for both of you. This applies for yourself as well – if you can avoid berating yourself and look within for ideas, your curiosity might lead you to answers and therefore solutions for yourself.

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