Are you feeling a desire to do something different with your life?

It's not that you're unhappy. Instead, you feel like there's something else (something BIGGER) that's meant for you.

Your life is good though so you tell yourself not to rock the boat. You SHOULD be happy and content with what you have.

Yet, you can't shake the feeling there's something else you could be doing that would make life even BETTER.

You may even keep yourself up at night thinking through what a different version of your life could be like if only you had the opportunity to jump on it.

Let's face it though...these thoughts and dreams scare you. You've invested FAR TOO MUCH to change things in your life now.

Life is settled for you. Settled feels good. Why rock the boat?

For some women, where life is right now IS the best it can get. But, for others, you may be selling yourself too short. You may be caught in the pattern of a “SHOULD LIFE.”

Living a “SHOULD LIFE” is going to leave you dying with regrets.

Living a "SHOULD LIFE” is going to cause you to do things that harm you more than help you (without you knowing it).

Living a “SHOULD LIFE” is costing you your happiness and limiting your growth more than you may realize.

On today's podcast episode, life coach Ellyn Schinke, MS is going to reveal to you if you're living a "should life."

Ellyn's energy is electric and her story will amaze you with what she gave up in her "should life" to go after her dreams instead.

In this interview, Ellyn and I specifically cover...

-Ellyn's "should life" story (including how and why she left her PhD program)

-How to know if you’re living a “should life"

-The cost of living a life that’s just “checking off the boxes"

-What happens when we listen to others about who we are vs. building the self-awareness for ourselves

-How to learn when you're on the right track with your life(especially with your career)

-What happens when we avoid our feelings

-How to find courage when it's time to make a big change

-How the death of a loved one can be a wake-up call

-How a sh*t storm in your life could be a spiritual awakening

-What "getting the call" for more feels like and what it means

-How to know if you're too far into your life for a change

-How to get unsupportive people to support you(and how to handle it when they still won’t)

-3 big things that keep us from living the life we want

....And so much more. Listen via the link on the top of this page!

To connect with today’s interview guest, Ellyn Schinke, you can visit her website here or you can connect with her on Instagram here

I learned recently that despite my previous thinking that EVERY introvert must be managing their energy all day long like I am (because people drain introverts), for me, energy management is a much bigger issue.

You see, I learned recently that I'm an Enneagram 5 and because of this, I start my days with a battery life that’s half as full as everyone else’s.

I completely agree with this assessment and yet, I still manage to get a lot done per day despite this now apparent setback in my life.

It got me thinking that if I can manage my energy to make alllll the things happen in my life despite it not being natural for me, then I can help YOU too.

(In case you're new here, when I say I do "allllthe things", I mean that I’m currently a SAHM of a 1-year-old and very active 8-year-old who runs a coaching business during nap times, on evenings and on weekends. I was also once a single mom who had a full-time job, built my coaching business at night and was dating my now-husband 45 minutes away. I also don't drink ANY caffeine!)

What I share on today’s podcast as my energy-boosting tips aren’t your traditional ones of getting more sleep, eating better, exercising or looking at potentially bigger health problems.

Instead, today’s tips are non-conventional in that they’re ones you may have NEVER thought could help you in order to create more energy in your day-to-day life.

Be sure to listen to the “BOOST YOUR ENERGY” episode above to get my top tips!

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Survey of Family Growth, 1 in 8 couples reported having trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy between 2004 and 2010. 

Worldwide it’s estimated that 48.5 million couples are impacted by infertility.

That’s a lot.  

Yet so many women are suffering alone in silence because if/when someone happens to bravely share they’re struggling with infertility, many find others aren’t as supportive or understanding as they hoped.

The truth is...many of us don’t know what to say or do because the infertility struggle is one that’s not yet commonly understood. 

I want to change that pattern.

I don’t want women who are going through infertility to feel alone and misunderstood anymore. 

I also don’t want anyone to feel at a loss of words when someone shares with them they’re going through fertility treatments in order to conceive.

I want us all to feel like we’re conquering infertility together.

So, when I noticed a friend of mine, Kristin Dillensnyder started sharing her infertility journey on social media and then became an infertility coach, I took notice.

She was teaching me a lot about what the infertility journey looked like and I was in awe. 

Although, I only heard bits and pieces of her story and how she was helping her clients through the infertility process, I knew I had to have her on the podcast.

I wanted to shine a light on what the infertility journey looks like so we ALL can become better humans together regardless if we’re going through infertility or not. 

Of course, if you happen to be someone who is actively trying to conceive and experiencing infertility, this episode is for you too as this interview will allow you to understand things about your journey you may have never realized is going on.

Specifically, in this interview Kristin and I cover...

-Kristin’s infertility journey including what support she didn’t receive and how that lack of support inspired her to become an infertility coach 

-An overview of what the infertility process looks like for many people 

-The biggest struggles of those going through infertility 

-How relationships can change due to someone experiencing infertility 

-The best things to say (and not say) to someone who’s going through infertility 

-How to support those going through infertility

This interview opened my heart in so many ways.  I hope it does for you too.

Be sure to listen to this interview in the player at the top of this page.

And if you’d like to learn more about today’s interview guest, Kristin Dillensnyder you can find her on Instagram here or Facebook here. You can also sign up for her free monthly support group here and join her free Facebook community here.