What is life coaching? “Coaching is a partnership between the coach and coachee (client) where dreams, desires, and goals are objectively supported and challenged resulting in a positive, forward-moving experience for the coachee.” (definition from Coach U) Think about a sports coach…what do they do for their team...

When you are dealing with a long-term health condition, the obvious challenges come from symptoms like pain, fatigue, or neurological symptoms. This is known as primary suffering. However, living with a long-term condition can bring other difficulties, including stress, worry and low mood. Your health may prevent you...

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou We often make mistakes because we don’t know a better way to do something. Mistakes are an opportunity to practice self-compassion, because you don’t know what you don’t know until you do know. (Wait, what?) 😂 Thankfully,...

Last month I started yet another course! 😂 One of my doctors recommended trying Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to help manage my cortisol levels, so I found a free course and started it. If you are interested in checking it out, here is the link: https://palousemindfulness.com/index.html There are readings,...

Do you ever procrastinate on a task because what you need to start it is in another room? Or see a suggested article or video on a website and click on it, then another, then another? Or not exercise because it requires finding your workout clothes and shoes? Changing yourself begins with changing your environment,...

Happy Valentine’s Day, Singles Awareness Day, Galentine’s Day…whatever you want to call it. 😂 We generally focus on others this holiday, but I hope you’ll take some extra time to love yourself this week too! Here are some journal prompts to get you thinking: What does self-love mean to you? What are three things you...

When we do the same thing over and over, the neural pathways in our brains get stronger and deeper in relation to that thought, feeling or action. Think of a marble going through sand… it’s pretty hard the first few runs but as it takes the same path again and again, a path is forged and it becomes automatic. This is...

Research shows that simple changes can lead to better brain health. Here are the top 10 ways: Exercise - helps you maintain cognitive sharpness and emotional balance Early Morning Sun Exposure - signals your brain to wake up and sets your rhythm for better mood and sleep Meditation - reduces the stress hormone...

When you are doing an activity you love, time seems to behave differently doesn’t it? It goes by way too fast 😂 It is as if you get lost inside the activity, becoming part of it. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi called this feeling “flow”, and said it was the secret to happiness. In Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham...

In case you haven’t caught on, I love taking courses! I completed my neuroscience course the end of December and last week started one called Find What You Love that I had signed up for months ago but never started. It goes along with a book called Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham. This course is a lot less work and...