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What is a Life Coach?
What does a life coach do exactly? I’m getting this question a ton right now. A life coach is someone who can help you get perspective on your life and your mind. A life coach is NOT a substitute for a therapist who will treat mental disorders and diseases. A life coach takes healthy functioning people and helps them make their lives awesome. A life coach works with clients to understand and analyze what they are doing in their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral lives. Because a life coach has an outside view and a different perspective, they can spot what is working, as well as areas for change and improvement.…
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The Toddler in All of Us
We all have a TODDLER living inside our brain. There are two of the “main parts” of the brain: the Adult Brain and the Toddler Brain. Most of us our functioning with our Toddler Brain. Our Toddler Brain is all about functioning in the moment, and getting immediate gratification. It is reactive and just wants to do what feels good in the moment. It doesn’t like to wait for things or reason things out. It wants what it wants and it wants it NOW! Our Toddler Brain is really good at throwing really loud temper tantrums, and it can whine like it’s going out of style. It acts exactly like…
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Wise Consumption
We live in an incredible time when our access to information is limitless. We have easy access to books, and podcasts, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube, online courses, webinars, Google, and the World Wide Web. We can consume all day long! There is nothing wrong with consuming and learning, But we need to make sure we’re doing something with the information. If you’re only consuming, and not applying what you’re learning, you’re not really growing. Don’t just consume- Do something with it! Apply it to your life. Use it to better your life, to create something, whether that’s a craft, a prettier home, a better mother, a better spouse, or…
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Redefining Health Part 1: Intellectual Well-Being
We tend to think of HEALTH as being free from illness or injury, being trim and fit, and in good shape. I used to think the same, until just recently. In this episode I introduce my definition of health and the first of 4 areas we should work on to live a balanced life so we can truly change and begin showing up as our best selves. Today we begin with the area of Intellectual Well-being. Intellectual health is engaging in creative and mentally-stimulating activities. We can also group mental health in with this. We address creation verses consumption, And how to train the brain to start choosing what you…
