MotivationHatch

I was around five the first time I remember getting in trouble. It was nearing Christmas, and I wasn’t buying into the whole Santa story anymore. A magic man spends all year making toys, then drops down chimneys and delivers them all in one night? Nope. I may have only been five, but I was insulted that people expected…

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“When you say yes to others, make sure you aren’t saying no to yourself.” ~Paulo Coelho Have you ever felt like no matter how much you give, it’s never enough? Like your worth is measured by how useful, accommodating, or strong you can be for others? This invisible burden is what I call the Good Girl / Good Boy…

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If you’ve felt stuck lately, you’re not alone. Since I launched the (very delayed) ​Best You, Best Life bundle​ on Monday, I’ve heard from so many people who are going through a lot right now—emotionally, mentally, and energetically. Maybe you’re stuck in survival mode—going through the motions, numb and disconnected, longing for joy and meaning. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by…

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“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer.” ~Gabor Mate Most of us avoid experiences not necessarily because we don’t like them or want them, but because we don’t want to feel how we will feel when we go through that experience. Our lives become altered by the emotions we…

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“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ~Lao Tzu We carefully pick out what we wear to the gym to make sure we look good in the eyes of the other gymgoers. We beat ourselves up after meetings, running through everything we said (or didn’t say), worried that coworkers will think we aren’t…

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Do you sometimes see people running around enjoying life and wonder what you’re missing? Sometimes I used to think I must be a horrible person. I had so many things going for me, and I still couldn’t be happy. I would ask myself, is there something wrong with me? Am I a narcissist? Then sometimes I would decide I…

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If everything has felt like too much lately, I get it. Sometimes life feels like a malfunctioning game of Whack-a-Mole. As soon as you tackle one issue, another one pops up—over and over again, with increasing speed. It’s exhausting. Sometimes infuriating. And that’s why I’m so happy to finally share this with you… It’s bundle launch day! Yay! Yay…

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“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~Robert Brault With only a few more months until my son leaves for college, I am a mindfulness teacher wrestling with my own heart and mind. While avoiding the frequent mom conversations about “empty nesting,” I’m struggling to admit that…

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“Your either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself. I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.” ~Daniel Franzese Everyone has a bad habit or two, right? Whether it’s a major vice or a minor annoyance, we all feel the discomfort of at least some behaviors we would…

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“Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to to let go.” ~Unknown There’s a story I read to my children, an old piece of African folklore. In the tale, a clever jackal outwits a mighty lion by convincing him that the rock ledge above them is about to collapse. The lion, believing the jackal’s warning, uses all his…

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