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Life Coaching and Counseling
Journal writing

100 Journaling Prompts for Self-Reflection

Journaling is an often underutilized tool that provides incredible insight when it is utilized properly. I find that one of the biggest challenges to getting started with journaling (aside from literally putting pen to paper!) is coming up with ideas on what to write about.

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Negative Self Image

How to Change Damaging Core Beliefs

Negative core beliefs are deeply, and often unconsciously, held beliefs about ourselves and the world. They form during our upbringing and further develop through life experiences.

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Grateful woman

How to Be Grateful When Life Is Hard

EaIt's easy to find things to worry about and dread. Being grateful is much harder, yet ironically, our gratitude usually significantly more grounded in reality than our anxieties. So many things in life are outside our control, but one thing you can directly influence is your perspective.

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Vulnerability

Taking Decisive & Consistent Action

If we don't risk getting hurt emotionally, we hinder our ability to feel good emotionally. Emotional vulnerability is a lifelong struggle and crucial to being emotionally healthy. We grow from experiencing failure, rejection & embarrassment and realizing we can handle it. 

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Relationship Mistake

10 Ways to Validate People You Care About

Most people make one BIG relationship mistake and are unaware of the destruction it causes. They do it personally and professionally. Stopping this habit will make the most significant difference than any one relationship change. 

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Grateful Woman

25 Gratitude Building Questions

We all have seasons in our lives when it's very hard to be positive. I can easily view myself as the victim. Gratitude is one of the only things that can end my pity party. 

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Like Yourself

How to Like & Value Yourself

I struggle with self confidence. Even though I've had success in life, my insecurities never totally go away. I have to fight them each day.

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Life Coach

How to Select a Great Life Coach (or Counselor)

The success you experience in coaching depends, in part, on the quality of the professional you hire. Here are some qualities I look for in a coach. Hopefully this list will help you make the best choice possible.

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Finding Clarity

Why I Started Decide Your Legacy

Decide Your Legacy was created to help people find transformational clarity and face their biggest fears. At times, due to my own insecurities, I've played it safe and steered away from this purpose, yet I always end up back at where I started.  

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Meaningful Conversations

20 Questions to Ignite Meaningful Conversations

Powerful conversations have positively impacted my life. I long for them. While there are no guarantees, you can create an environment where meaningful discussions are more likely to occur. Great questions are a part of creating this environment.

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