Category: Mindset Strategies
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Reframing Fear
We talk about fear a lot in society. We say things like, “Feel the fear but do it any way.” We tell people it’s okay to feel fear. We tell people fear needs to be conquered. We tell people to have courage to resist & master fear. We tell people that everything they want is…
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How External Validation Creates Conflict
Do you yearn for external validation? External validation is when we are looking for others to fulfill our desires. We believe we are not worthy or capable of doing/having what we want, so we wait for others to do it for us. And when they don’t, we become upset or angry or resentful and this…
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Vision
I’m going to start this post the way high school valedictorians start their graduation speeches–with a definition. Vision (according to Oxford Languages because we must cite our sources): the faculty or state of being able to see the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom a person or sight of…
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Who are you listening to?
Early in my teaching career I wanted to become a counselor for troubled teens. I liked teaching English, but I LOVED talking to my students, getting to know them, hearing about their problems, and offering them advice. I often said that if I could go to school every day and just talk to my students,…
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Collectively Grieving
After staying stationery for most of the winter (in Palm Harbor, Florida) and the spring (in Tucson, AZ), we are on the move again, and I LOVE it!!! We spent 3 nights in Sedona, AZ, 4 nights in Seligman, AZ to see the Grand Canyon, and now we are in Kanab, Utah for 12 nights…
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Author Highlight–Mel Robbins
One of the best things I have ever done to improve the quality of my life is to spend time on personal development. I started reading books (and continue to do this every day), listening to podcasts, watching YouTube videos, and attending seminars/conferences. The change in my life has been so profound that I now…
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Mindset Monday | The Power of I AM
Happy Monday Friends!!! If you are on my email list, this post will look familiar! Scroll to the bottom for the FREE PDF download! I figured email inboxes get cluttered and information gets lost (at least that’s what happens in my inboxes…lol!), so why not also put the content from the email here on the…
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Life & Lemons & Raging on the Page
Life has this way of reminding us just how small we are in the grand scheme of things… And for me, April was definitely one of those months where I felt like life was not just politely handing me lemons; life was chucking them right at my face! April has had some lovely ups–like seeing…
Karen Durbin | Certified Life Coach 