5 Sneaky Ways to Stop Judging Others

Sometimes when I’m running errands or walking around town, I’ll catch myself being really hard on the people around me: She’s too fat. His clothes are ugly. That mom doesn’t know how to raise her kids. Only a jerk would park his car like that. Who does that bitch think she is? Wow, I’m quite the…

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Who Do You Think You Are? Time for an Ego Smackdown

When you decide to make a big change in your life, you’ll face many obstacles. Sometimes it feels like there are a thousand voices telling you that you’re no good and your choices are wrong. And the worst voices are the ones in our own minds. What do those voices say to you? You think…

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You Are a Leader (Yes, You!)

Are you a leader? Like most of us, you probably said no. You’re not some big shot at your company, you’re not in a lab finding cures for diseases, and you’re not leading an army into battle. We tend to focus on the traditional definition of leader: a man in a suit standing at a…

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When Doing Less Is More

“Let’s talk about why you haven’t been coming to the gym.” This week I met with my new personal trainer. My first personal trainer was fired (not my fault), and my second trainer was kind of a drill sergeant who I stopped seeing when I got overwhelmed with work. My new trainer convinced me to…

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You’re Not Ready—Take a Leap of Faith Anyway!

I’m going to tell you a story about the first time I took a leap of faith. Let me bring you back to the early 1980s…. I was very young, before I had started elementary school (this was also back when I was a blond). If you were a kid during this time and you…

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“I Can Do It! IGNITE” Conference & Giveaway

I was sitting in an auditorium surrounded by thousands of self-empowerment seekers furiously taking notes about how to live my life to the fullest, when Louise Hay decided to show us what’s inside her bra. This was by far the weirdest and most wonderful conference I’ve ever attended! Last weekend, Chris and I attended the…

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