In the personal development space, especially around the beginning of the year, I hear a lot of people giving out some hackneyed advice, like “Just change your mindset!” or “Get out of your comfort zone!” While well intentioned, this type of advice comes from a gross misunderstanding of human behavior and what it actually takes to grow in life. The way I see it, growth doesn’t happen a straight line; it’s a dynamic process that moves through different mental and emotional states. Today I wanted to share the 4 states of growth, and why sustainable growth involves embracing these natural and temporary states, even when they’re challenging. If you can move through these states consciously, I have no doubt you can create a life aligned with your highest possible potential.

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New Year’s Day has always been my favorite holiday and I can’t stand when people poo-poo on the resolutions and goal setting that happens this time of year. There’s a real sense of hope, purpose, and renewed motivation that comes with a fresh start, and there’s no fresher a start than the beginning of a new calendar year. So if you, like me, want to make 2025 your best year yet, now is the perfect time to reflect and set some goals. I’m sharing my own personal process for goal setting, but feel free to take what’s useful and leave what’s not as you plan your own 2025.

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We live in a culture that idolizes and obsesses over confidence—somewhere along the way, we internalized the idea that we should feel good all the time, and that the times we stumble are moments of personal failure. But it isn’t possible to feel good all the time, nor is it possible to just decide to feel confident and make it be so. There is no light switch that can be flipped, no magic words that can be said to make us confident. Confidence is contextual, and has to be earned. It’s all about effort, humility, and resilience. It can’t be built without struggle. If you’re willing to face those struggles and still get back up and keep going, you’ll find true confidence within.

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One guarantee about being a human is that at some point or other, we’ll all be dealt some bad hands and some struggles in our lives. We can’t always control the terrible things that happen to us, but the one thing we can control is how we explain those events to ourselves, and what we make them mean in our lives. Those who decide to look for the good in those terrible moments—aka, optimists—can be thought of as naive or unrealistic, but in reality, choosing to see the best in the world has a critical impact on our happiness, performance, and life satisfaction. Optimists live longer, happier, healthier lives on average and when they win, they win big. The bad stuff is part of life no matter what, but if you want to be happy and fulfilled, you need to ask yourself what kind of story about your life do you want to tell?

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We’ve made it to the holiday season, which for many of us tends to be fraught with family miscommunication. I’m lucky enough to have a good relationship with my family, but it wasn’t always this way and it wasn’t easy. Over the years, I’ve had plenty of difficult conversations and in doing so, became a better communicator. Humans are  flawed, complex creatures that have unique perspectives, habits, values, and thought processes and as coaches and leaders, it’s part of our job to understand people and communicate in an effective way. Of course, it’s easier said than done, which is why I’m sharing 7 rules for great communication.

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One of the most common struggles coaches, managers, and leaders all set to have is compliance—how do you get your clients and employees to stick with the things you need them to do? You can give someone all the tools they need to succeed, but if they don’t have that internal motivation, they get stuck. So while we can’t force anyone to comply and we can’t force anyone to be motivated, we can create an environment that is conducive to change, so our clients and employees can feel safe to grow.

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In today’s episode, we dive into burnout—why it happens and how to prevent it. Especially in the US, we’re often expected to produce “more, bigger, faster” without purpose, a mindset that often leads to burnout. Physiologically, humans are wired for short bursts of stress, yet we face a constant drip of modern-day worries like job insecurity and high demands. This results in prolonged cortisol exposure, which can harm us physically and mentally. Beyond the physical toll, many of us experience “empty calorie” work hours, contributing to burnout because these hours lack true connection to our values. Y’all already know I’ve got some tools to help us balance our work, reclaim energy, and reconnect with a sense of purpose.

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I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the greatest at supporting people through tough times. As life goes on the people around us, our family, friends, and clients experience some truly difficult circumstances. Divorces, deaths, job losses, accidents, and even just plain old bad days can be really tough to hold space and know the right thing to say. But life happens, shit happens! And as coaches, it matters to show up for our clients. 

(This episode is a re-run from February 2023.)

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I never liked the idea that you should live without regrets. Regret is not only a normal experience, but it’s extremely useful for providing us with opportunities for growth. Today I’m sharing with you the 4 types of regret we might face in our lives, as well as one really useful tool we can use to help our clients harness their regrets and use them as a tool for success.

(This episode is a re-run from November 2022.)

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Thought I’d do a little bit different of an episode today, and much longer than the usual. This episode is a prerecorded presentation I gave recently around the 10 laws of great coaching. While the presentation focus on health and wellness professionals, the principles apply across all modalities, so if you want to become a better coach, manager, or leader of any kind, take these ideas and tools for yourself.

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