You can’t create an authentic and meaningful life without addressing the topic of personal finance. Our financial health affects every area of our lives: our health, relationships, happiness, and wellbeing. Unfortunately, financial health can be a difficult and emotional topic for many of us, if we even discuss it at all. But the good news […]
5 Tips to Stay Motivated and Make Your Dreams a Reality
Raise your hand if you’ve had big exciting dreams that you’ve given up on. Whether you wanted to learn to fly planes, earn a master’s degree, or travel the world, I imagine we’ve all had something we deemed unattainable and gave up. I shudder to think about how many things I declared I would do […]
How to Save Cash for Your Next Vacation and Say Bon Voyage to Debt
Are you among the millions of Americans in desperate need of a vacation but can never seem to scrape together enough cash? Maybe you make more than enough money, but struggle to save enough beforehand and end up putting it on your credit card. Perhaps you’ve already figured out the money stuff and need to […]
The One Reason Your New Habit Won’t Stick
If I asked you to define the word habit, what would you say? Take 30 seconds and come up with a sentence or two that defines what the word means to you. You’ll be glad you did when I ask the next question. Got your definition? Good! Now ask yourself: do habits play a positive […]
7 Simple Steps to Plan Anything and Make it Happen
When it’s time to plan something, are you the person who takes charge? Or do you step back and let someone else do it? While I’m a huge advocate of playing to your strengths, there are some skills we all need to learn at a basic level. And planning is one of those skills. If […]
Does Slow and Steady Always Win the Race?
Last month I gave my readers an inside look at my lifelong struggle with perfectionism. Part of it is how I’m wired. I was born striving for better, faster, stronger. But sometimes I feel like every time I attack a goal with gusto, I get a not so gentle reminder that slow and steady wins […]
How to Balance Gratitude and Contentment with the Drive to Improve
Have you ever felt like your feelings of contentment weren’t enough? Worried that you aren’t showing enough gratitude for all that you have? But still feel you should be striving for something more? What if it wasn’t an either-or? I feel like so much of our culture is viewed as an either-or. Either you’re a Wall […]
How I Changed My Most Embarrassing Habit for Good
Is it just me, or does it seem like a bad habit is hard to break? And conversely, a good habit is hard to make? I tried to stick to the habit of working out for close to 20 years. I’d do great for six months to a year. But eventually, I’d always quit and […]
Here’s Why You Should Stop Trying to Do it All
There’s one major pitfall when it comes to personal improvement that I fail to mention often enough. We tend to get super excited about the changes we’re making. Then before we know it, we’ve taken on too much. At that point, we either fail to implement our new knowledge, or simply burn out. So here’s […]
The Secret of Compounding Habits – How Small Actions add up to Massive Results
At the beginning of each year, half of Americans resolve to make big changes in the New Year. By the end of the first month, forty percent have given up. I cover all of the reasons for this in my book, Resolution Reboot. Of them, one of the biggest obstacles is that we focus too […]
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