63 THINGS I DIDN’T EXPECT TO FIND
A thought experiment that calmed my anxious mind I woke up the other day feeling sad. And anxious. “What could it be?” I wondered. Probably the pandemic. Or maybe unrest in the world. Or the upcoming election. In moments like this, it can be easy for me to slip into a...
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What’s a story really, if not…
Describing exceptional people. People say that some people are just outliers. They were gifted with special genes that allow them to do whatever they do. They were lucky enough to be born where they were born, and live in the zip code they lived in—that’s how they...
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5 books to improve your mental health during quarantine for COVID-19
My favorite books I’ve read in the past year to read during social distancing from the coronavirus. What if you could gain control in the exact moment you feel like you’re losing control? COVID-19 is still in full swing. What we are dealing with is unprecedented....
read moreThe hack to breaking comparison with your idols
Comparison is the thief of joy. It’s great to it’s great to have mentors. But where things can get tricky is when we put those mentors so far up on a pedestal that we tend to think that they are inherently different than us—almost not human. The fundamental problem...
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My Pull Towards Education
I have this gigantic pull, and I’ve had it all my life, for something more. I always felt I wanted to make a big difference in the world. Because of that, I always felt out of place. Almost like, did the stork drop me in the wrong area? Some may know that I grew up in...
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I thought of killing myself
We just had World Suicide Prevention Day. In honor of that, I wanted to write something. I thought of killing myself. I didn’t plan it, but I was at least contemplating it in the abstract. I was feeling trapped in a life that had so many things out of my control. I...
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I’m giving my book away for FREE!!! Celebrating 3 Years of Fish Out of Water
It's been three years since I made a life-changing decision-- to write my first book, Fish Out of Water. If you've been part of my journey of helping people empower themselves to jump out of the fishbowl and transform their lives for the better, thank you so much....
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FEAR’S JOB IS NOT TO SUFFOCATE YOU. FEAR’S JOB IS TO FREEZE YOU.
FEAR'S JOB IS NOT TO SCARE YOU. FEAR'S JOB IS TO FREEZE YOU. I felt stuck. I was broke and $53 thousand dollars in debt. I was anxious, depressed and overweight. I hated my life. But I didn’t know what to do. I was completely frozen by fear. Then I asked myself a...
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SPEAKING WITH DAYMOND JOHN IN PHOENIX!
I am so pumped to announce that I’ll be sharing the stage with the one and only Daymond John! It’s all happening at The Fast Inc. Business Accelerator event June 7-9 in Phoenix Arizona! Also, I am doing a **DAYMOND JOHN EVENT GIVEAWAY!** Win 4 tickets to meet Daymond...
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THE ONE PERSON MORE POWERFUL THAN THE PRESIDENT
No matter who won…you can walk into a forest, and notice the beauty that’s there. No matter who won…you can see someone in need, and lend a helping hand. No matter who won…you can squeeze your significant other, and kiss him/her goodnight. No...
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