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Smart goal setting    We all have things that we want to change and goals that we are working towards: lose 15 pounds, drink more   water ,   exercise   more often…But how do we turn those dreams into reality? In this post we review SMART goals and explain why they help us achieve success and turn those dreams and goals into reality! So what is a SMART goal? A SMART goal is a way to make progress towards our goals. It is a way to break a vision into smaller, actionable steps that can be taken each week. An example of this would be to take a 3 month goal, such as “I would like to be going to the gym for 1 hour three times per week” and turning it into a SMART goal of “I will go the the store on Wednesday at 10am to buy a pair of sneakers this week.” You feel energized and encouraged when you achieve that goal, and are ready to set a new goal for the next week! Each week with small “wins” leads to confidence and takes you one step closer to your 3 month goal. Howe...

  Have you been searching for inspiration, trying to find the motivation to start something? To make a dent in that project, to exercise, to eat healthy, to do that one thing you’ve dreamed about for a while? I think we’re used to ‘searching’ for motivation. Pinterest, blog posts, videos, speeches, books – we use these resources to ‘find’ inspiration, but are we really just creating a distraction for ourselves?  Sure, you can be inspired by someone. You can be inspired by an idea or a concept, absolutely! But what gets you to start doing is YOU . Let’s say you get dinner with a friend and you’re talking about your lack of motivation lately. You’re having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning to do the same old routine tasks every day. Your friend might give you some great advice. She or he might tell you about how they wakes up each day and asks themselves, How can I be better than I was yesterday? That’s pretty motivational. If you’ve been having a...

   It seems like we are surrounded by negativity  With overwhelming access to information and a constant bombardment of details surrounding the most of us up to the minute of tragedy the likes of suicide. It is easy to get stuck in a negative space.  This is not a healthy or helpful place to live. This is not about acting from a place of denial, It is about learning how to deal with hard things from a healthier perspective, one that is based on facts and wisdom, not on confusion and fear. I know from my own experience of suicide losses I’ve had. So, let’s look at techniques as strategies. Techniques and Strategies For Freedom and Empowerment I’ve built these strategies, these techniques and these tools that still allow me to function effectively in the world, they allow me to be a realist, they allow me to be in touch and in connection with what is going on. But these tools and strategies that I'm going to share with you in this blog also allow me to be free. They al...

 D oes other people’s negative energy bring you down? Maybe it’s your coworkers, family members, or even friends you’ve grown apart from. Honestly I’ve been there.  When you’re surrounded by negativity, it’s easy to absorb that energy and start to feel negative yourself. This can mess with your mindset and make you feel drained.  That being said, there are ways we can bring positivity to situations and not let the negativity cloud our minds. In this post, I’m sharing five tips for how to deal with negative people so they don’t get into your head.  Haven’t we all been in situations  where someone else’s poor planning ends up with them taking their frustration out on us? I’m sure you’ve done the same to other people too. The thing is that it makes everyone’s life miserable.  When someone asks me to do something from a place of panic and frustration, it makes ME feel panicked and frustrated. If that same person took the time to gather their composure befo...

The presence of love releases you from fear which means your thoughts is changed. We all have nervous breakdowns but we need to remember to having faith in the universe have the spirit of forgiveness saying a prayer of love. I came across self-help book The universe has your back by Gabrielle Bernstein it had an impact on my life now I share the tools I learned from my experiences with you. When you go through anxiety nervous breakdowns all we need to do is start having faith in the universe as it has our back why? Because a situation happened to turn out better than I expected, I stopped listening to old stories from my life we avoid situations like relationships fearing the worst when it may not even happen or fear of someone being toxic to you which family can do but you have the power to change how you respond to these fears. Having spiritual awareness is helpful to choose to see it with love rather than fear, maybe say out loud to yourself for the universe to hear " I choose...