9 Traps to Avoid with Setting Goals change hope legacy & life coaching life transitions productivity vision Aug 06, 2025

It's great to set goals during the second half of each year for the upcoming year, but goal setting can be done anytime. The best time to start is NOW!

To reach your goals, it's important to know why many people miss the mark. Here are 9 common traps that snag people and make goals fall flat. Avoid...

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3 Motivation Hacks Every Great Leader Swears By change hope intimacy teamwork & career vision Jun 30, 2025

Some leaders believe increasing pay increases employee motivation. While money is a factor, long-term team motivation comes from much more than pay.

For over 25 years, we've helped thousands of families and hundreds of companies improve their work culture. The healthiest companies and families shar...

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Clarifying a Vision for Your Future hope legacy & life coaching life transitions stress management vision Nov 19, 2024

A vision is a mental picture of how good your life can be in the future. It focuses on potential, opportunity, and possibility. One essential to clarifying a vision is that you make if big and idealistic. A healthy and inspiring vision is always idealistic.

People are 100 times more motivated movin...

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How to Like Yourself (Building Confidence) change emotional health hope life transitions stress management vision Oct 15, 2024

Healthy people are drawn to those who like themselves. Being around people who have confidence in their worth and abilities will build your own self-esteem.

Many believe their value comes from their performance in different areas of life (career, health, finances, marriage, etc.). When they do well...

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How to Be Grateful When Life Is Hard anxiety fear healthy thinking hope recovery stress management Jul 02, 2024

It's easy to find things to worry about and dread. Being grateful is often hard, yet ironically, our gratitude is more grounded in reality than our fears. So many things in life are outside our control, but one thing you can directly influence is your perspective.

You can focus on what's going wron...

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How to Find Clarity in Life balance change hope legacy & life coaching life transitions vision Aug 15, 2022

My purpose in life is helping others find transformation clarity that propels them to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave the legacy they desire. Read more to learn how my team fulfills this purpose.

I had a big problem in 7th grade. I was being bullied. Hair spray was sprayed in my face, I wa...

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Fear vs Hope Cycle anxiety depression fear healthy thinking hope worry Apr 15, 2022

Life is hard! It brings us many challenges we didn't expect and weren't prepared to face. I've had days when I've struggled to stay hopeful. Many people vacillate between hope and fear. I write this post to remind myself and to remind you to choose hope.

There are two orientations towards life; a f...

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Overcoming the Fear of Rejection change friendship hope intimacy recovery relationships Feb 04, 2022

Fear of rejection is most people's biggest fear. When you reach out to someone, you risk them not responding as you may hope. This fear of rejection can be immobilizing for some.

You're being vulnerable when you take an action with no guarantee of a positive outcome. Choosing not to play it safe is...

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A Secret to Overcoming Depression depression emotional health fear healthy thinking hope stress management worry Jun 01, 2020

I've learned over the years that the way out of anxiety and depression always starts with becoming aware that you're struggling with your attitude. Once you're aware you are stuck, then you can then make changes. You won't try to fix something you don't acknowledge is broken.

Below are some thought...

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How to Be Grateful When Life Is Hard (Part 2) anxiety fear healthy thinking hope stress management Oct 01, 2018

In How to Be Grateful When Life is Hard (Part 1), you learned how what you focus on the most impacts you. It's hard work to live with gratitude, but there is no other way to be emotionally healthy.

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." ~ John Wooden

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