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I love the mid-way point in the year almost as much as I love the start of a brand new year. It feels like the perfect opportunity to check in and make sure I’m still heading where I want to be going. It’s easy to set big goals at the start of the year and …

Previously, when I’ve worked with people with disabilities, it was part of my job to help my clients define their goals and what it was going to take to get there. We’d look at things like what skills they already had, what skills they might need to learn, and we would break the goal down …

If you’re constantly battling with your lack of self-motivation, I want you to think for a minute about your energy levels. We’re talking physical energy, emotional energy, mental energy. I know this is an area where I can really struggle, and it just makes EVERYTHING so much harder. There’s a very good chance that your …

If you have a goal that feels a little vague or uninspiring, try setting a target number to it. I used this strategy last year to build a meditation habit, and not only did I achieve my goal, I kept the habit going well beyond the target number. I’ve written before about my love of …

Set yourself free from needing people to understand you. If you’ve tried once and they don’t get it, allow them to be wrong. YOU don’t need to keep explaining yourself. You don’t need to convince them otherwise. You don’t need them to change their opinion. You just need to accept that sometimes people will be …

You’ve been officially “an adult” for a few years now. Your friends are starting to settle down in serious relationships and some are even having babies. You have this ideal picture that you’ll be a mum well before 30. So when he comes along and asks you out, of course you agree. He’s so masculine …

What are you putting off? What dreams and achievements and tasks do you just keep putting aside because everything else feels more important? Because everything else feels so damn hard, that you can’t even imagine pushing yourself that little bit harder? What if someone out there is waiting for you to do that thing? What …