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One of the things I hear over and over again is the sense of a feeling of overwhelm and stress in so many people’s lives. We often attribute these feelings to circumstances outside of ourselves that we feel we have little to no control over. The truth is that we have much more control over …
So many of us want to change something about ourselves, but don’t do it. We know WHAT to do, but we just can’t seem to DO it. Here are four simple steps to creating real change in your life and a practical example of how to do it. The 4 steps are as follows: Awareness …
In the next several blog posts, I’m going to go through several different mistakes made by women in medicine who consistently have open charts and an overflowing inbox and are working way too long or too late (assuming they don’t want to be in this situation). When you ask physicians or other health care workers …
It’s three weeks into the new year and many of us have already gotten lost. We’ve lost our desire for the thing we wanted so badly to change. That excitement we had has diminished. Inspiration has disappeared. Reality has set in. We want to change, to be better, to grow, but it’s SO much easier …
Mistake #6: Living by a To-Do List rather than a Results List One of the most common words that most moms (myself included) use to describe their days and weeks is “busy”. I’m SO busy. There’s too much to do and not enough hours in a day. I have a list a mile long. It’s …
There is one main difference between those who get the results they want and those who don’t: their level of commitment. If you have an attitude where you will just try something or dabble in this or that to get a result, chances are that you won’t get there. If, on the other hand, you …
Over the last three days I introduced the concepts of your relationship with you, the story you have about yourself, which is reflected in the results of your life right now and the story of the life that you want to be living. These two stories may feel very far apart right now. But I’m …
By this time at the end of January, most people have all but given up on their New Years resolutions. We started off so motivated and excited. Things are going to be different this year. We are going to be different, better. Maybe it’s a new routine such as working out. Or maybe it’s a …
I always knew that I had some control over the results of my life. What I didn’t know was that I had full control. I used to believe that my actions and efforts or lack thereof played an important role. But I also believed that the circumstances of my life played an equally important role. …
Yesterday I introduced “The Model” which is a simple, yet powerful tool that can help you get to the root cause of any problem in your life. As a reminder, the model consists of 5 parts: C, T, F, A, R or Circumstances, Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, and Results. Today I want to focus on the …