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Recently, I’ve been coming back, continually, to the same realization about creating a more authentic life: No matter what facet of life you desire to align more authentically, the exact same process is necessary. Whether you want to find a more fulfilling career, deepen your spiritual journey, clean up one or more relationships, spark your creativity,…

If you’re on the path to a more authentic, soulful way of living and being it requires ~ above all ~ that you keep going. Your focus may be on improving your personal wellness, seeking and building right relationships or considering a more fulfilling career — all require you to keep going. Whether you’re establishing…

If you stop and think about it, everything in life is actually a process. Most of our desires require taking multiple steps and dealing with unknowns before developing into a final outcome. Seeking a new career, building a small business, planning a vacation, any worthwhile goal — they all follow a similar pattern. We must…

Here’s a life changing concept:  soul satisfaction. For me, soul satisfaction is the ultimate. It’s the truth, the measuring stick, and the best choice in every situation. Soul satisfaction is the result of being, doing, or having whatever is smack-dab on target for you. It, whatever it is, is so aligned with who you are,…

Simple pleasures are powerful. They are powerful because they are indicators of our authentic selves. They make our heart sing and energize our mind and body. Simple pleasures are so beneficial and desirable it’s a great idea to identify, nurture, and incorporate them into our lives. The cool thing about simple pleasures is they are…

I know, I know. You’re young or young-ish, you need an income, you have obligations. There’s no trust fund in sight, retirement is a distant milestone, and buying lottery tickets seems futile. Do you often think to yourself . . . what would it be like to never work again? What if, somehow, I could…

If there is one thing I’m frequently discussing with clients, it’s the importance and power of giving themselves permission. It may sound odd that adults from all walks of life, with rich and varied backgrounds, need permission for anything, but in fact they do. We all do. It’s often one of the biggest keys to our…

Enough is a tricky concept. Discussions about ‘enough’ often surface in coaching discussions with clients. Whether we’re aware of it or not, the idea of enough shows up insidiously in our lives in three common ways: Am I enough? This is the predominant way most of us struggle with the concept of enough. While your inner critic {or…

Anyone can write. You can write. I’m not talking about published content, but rather private, personal writing. This kind of writing brings much needed clarity; it opens you up to yourself in amazing ways. If you’re not a journaler, maybe it’s because you think you can’t write, you have nothing to say, or you don’t…

What long-term nagging desire or desires continue to flutter through your mind? You know, those persistent longings that regularly remind you of something you really want in your life? Those things that, at a glance, seem too big, too far-fetched, too good to be true? Those tidbits or full-blown ideas that never seem to go…