Episode 16: Bonsai or Baobab

09/02/21 • 14 min

What kind of life do you prefer?

Perhaps you're more of a bonsai — you want a life that is orderly, purposeful, and beautiful. Or maybe you're a baobab, wanting a life that is big, messy, a little chaotic, and beautiful? Or you might be a bit of both.

No matter what, be sure you're living the life you choose, the life you design, not the one created for you by circumstance.

In this episode, I talk about how our emotions can limit our choices and cancel our dreams, if we let them. And I give you some tools to help you see your dreams clearly and begin forming the life that suits you best.

Come visit me at girafecoaching.com to find out more about my Unlock Your Full Potential program and other ways to begin living a life you'll love.

What kind of life do you prefer?

No matter what, be sure you're living the life you choose, the life you design, not the one created for you by circumstance.

Come visit me at girafecoaching.com to find out more about my Unlock Your Full Potential program and other ways to begin living a life you'll love.

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Episode 15: When Things are Hard

What do you do when things are hard?

Do you identify as the victim and blame your circumstances?
Do you spin and spin in helplessness?
Do you "catastrophize"?

Or do you step back, ask yourself some powerful questions, and navigate these difficult events from a place of strength and love?

Your life is a canvas and you are its artist. What colors will you choose to represent your life? How big and varied is your palette?

Listen to my podcast to hear the three powerful questions that can help you have a rich and beautiful life, even when times are very tough. Then come visit me at GirafeCoaching.com to download my "Powerful Practice for Facing Tough Times" booklet, free!

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Episode 17: Let's Do This!

Isn't it funny how you never outgrow that September feeling of change and excitement and possibility?

Even though most of us adults aren't heading back to school, the fall still feels like a time of renewal.

As I watch my boys climbing the stairs to their new school, ready to make friends and learn and grow, I am so proud of their "Let's do this! Let's go!" attitudes.

Where does that feeling go when we become adults? I argue that adults face four key obstacles when trying to accept change and do something that makes us uncomfortable.

Learn how to quiet the part of your brain that craves comfort and familiarity, even if that comfort isn't truly making you happy. Get motivated, and keep that momentum.

Listen to this episode, then join me at GirafeCoaching.com to learn about my Unlock Your Full Potential program. Go where YOU want to go — not just where life takes you.