In this episode, I dive deep into what hinders self-motivation. Join me as I share the key strategies and techniques that will ignite your inner drive and overcome procrastination. This is not the conventional wisdom of setting compelling and exploring actionable steps. No, I dive deep much deeper into how to find out the root cause of what is hindering your motivation. Then I share how healing exercises can influence motivation and get us to finally stop doing those things we know we shouldn't do. Get ready to unleash your full potential and discover the transformative power of self-motivation.

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Goals are one of the best ways to ensure that you don't look back on your life and have a ton of regrets. Check out my process for goal setting and see how this simple practice can have maximum impact on creating the life that you love.

Steps for Goals creation:

Future Visualization

Work Back

Goal Creation

System Implementation

Regular Review

Time travel is possible when it comes to our brains. We can essentially go back in time with the use of visualization and provide what was lacking in that moment to our younger selves. Every single human can benefit from this quick and fun brain exercise. I walk you through how to do this with an example from when I was a kid and I accidently peed my pants. I also share one of the benefits of doing work like this, which for me is yelling at my kids a whole lot less. Buckle up as you learn how to travel back in time!

Trigger warning: The content in this episode includes suicide. If you would rather not hear about that subject, please be kind to yourself and skip this one. National Suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255 or Text 988.

Spoiler Alert: Content from Season 2 of Ted Lasso is talked about in this episode.

Last episode I talked about my process for slowing my life down and taking time for reflection every January. I wanted to share the result of that process and what my intention is for 2023. I shared why I think this process is so helpful given the way our society is structured. My word for 2023 is heal and I wanted to be honest about why healing is a priority for me. I couldn't do that without sharing my struggles and just how bad things got in my internal world. I found it challenging to write about suicide and at the same time, I'm profoundly proud of myself for being brave and choosing to trust you all with my story. I'm hoping that it will accomplish 2 things. 1) People may get a better understanding of what it can look like to struggle with mental health. 2) People who are struggling right now in silence, will feel seen.

I hadn't planned on making this a podcast until last night as I was thinking about how we don't have a lot of ways to connect with each other around grief. We all come together for the funeral or memorial and then it's "over." Even though the experience of grief continues long after people have stopped coming by with the flowers and the casseroles. I needed a way to pause and think about my Dad as I approach the 1 year mark of his death. I wanted to invite others to join me to promote a sense of togetherness and connection - through grief. 

I'm going to light a candle in honor of my Dad at 6:50pm tomorrow (January 11th) and I'm inviting all of you to join me. You can honor someone that you have lost or support someone you know who is grieving by lighting a candle and letting them know that you were thinking of them. 

Rest in Peace, Dad.

Feeling guilty because you haven't a clue what your new years resolutions should be this year? Feeling discouraged over engaging in the same old routine of setting a bunch of resolutions that quickly fizzle out? You have come to the right place. If you want a way to create real change in your life, then listen in on a completely different way of coming up with a "resolution" and implementing it. My way lets you relax and enjoy the holiday season. Join me in becoming Anti-New Years Resolutions. 

The holidays can bring up familiar family dynamics that you would rather change. Family has a way of getting on our nerves like no one else can. I go over two tools that you can use to ground yourself and keep from playing out old familiar habits that no longer serve you. 

Boundaries are a personal choice about what is ok and what is not ok. I learned that there were many pitfalls when I first began to implement boundaries. I was missing a big piece - the way I expressed my boundary was just as important as the boundary itself. You will be introduced to The Science of Stuck by Britt Frank (LSCSW) and another Coach that I know personally, the wonderful Rosie Yeung (CPA,CA,CHRL). Rosie did some role plays with me so we could demonstrate healthy boundaries versus no/ineffective boundaries. These are meant to show you how subtle boundary crossing/setting can be in everyday situations. I had a ton of fun with this one and I hope it facilitates a greater understanding of boundaries for you.