SAS Launch Week: My Dream Planning Worksheet

It’s Launch Week on my new site, Sweet and Sage. Today we’re talking about how to plan for your bucket list dreams. Click here to read Get Focused With My Dream Planning Worksheet. Plus, you get a free printable! Woo hoo! Sweet and Sage is an online magazine for women who want to bridge the…

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You Are Creating Your Future Today

A few years ago, I asked my boss for an enormous favor. I sat across the desk from her at our company’s Chicago headquarters and explained my situation. My husband had recently gotten a new job in San Francisco, and we were moving in a month and a half. Then I asked for her to…

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My Daily Stack: How to Build Your Own Morning Ritual

A few days ago, I was talking on the phone with my friend Lisa about how smoothly things have been going in my life. She’s my accountability partner, and we’re each other’s business cheerleaders. That’s metaphorical cheerleading; there are no pom-poms involved. Anyhoo, I was telling her that I thought my good fortune was a…

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You’re Already “Good Enough”

When you look at your life, are you satisfied? Are you happy with how things are going? Are you reaching your goals, achieving your dreams, and shooting for the stars? Or are you stuck in the cycle of perfectionism, comparison, and frustration? Are you suffering from not-good-enough-itis? I heard that affliction can be deadly. Does…

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You’re Getting Warmer: Are Your Choices Bringing You Closer to Your Goals?

Everyone knows that you can’t reach your goals overnight. Unless you win the lottery, in which case—cool! Send me a postcard from your private island paradise. We make billions of choices in our lives, and it’s these choices (sometimes seemingly insignificant choices) that determine when, how, and if ever we achieve our goals. Here’s an…

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No Pain, No Gain: Why Being Uncomfortable is a Good Thing

You might imagine some burly Hans and Franz type bodybuilder to subscribe to the motto “no pain, no gain.” Did I just date myself with that SNL reference? But “no pain, no gain” isn’t some mindless fitness jargon. It’s a fundamental principle of the total body health equation. If you want the gain, you gotta…

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