1. You aren’t clear about what you want and why We go to therapy for different reasons - depression, anxiety, shit is not working and life does not look the way you want it to. But do you know exactly what you want and more importantly, why? If you’re not talkin about what [...]
"We grow and evolve or we stagnate and die." - Colette Davenport According to Carol Dweck, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, “having a fixed mindset means believing your personal traits are fixed.” As it pertains to relationships, here are two problems attributed to a fixed mindset, straight out [...]
The short answer is NO WAY. But you already knew that. The thing about confidence is, when it’s shaky everything is affected. If it’s important to you to be a great mom, keep the spark alive in your marriage, and have a life outside these two roles you can’t have crappy confidence in yourself. See [...]
Andra Liemandt became a mom and felt the burden of having lost her identity, purpose, passion, and mission in life. Like the Superwomen reading this, Andra took the bull by the horns... in a BIG way. It started when some friends asked Andra to join them in music lessons. Before she knew it, Andra found herself [...]
The most important communication you will ever have is the communication you have with yourself. Mental chatter dictates your mood, demeanor and daily progress. Is your self-talk serving you well in your business or is it time to change the recording? As women, we tend to be hard on ourselves. Are you ready to give [...]
There are dozens of reasons to stay active during pregnancy. It relieves stress, helps your mood, improves sleep, boosts confidence and increases body awareness. What's more... and this is really motivating... research shows that women who exercise during pregnancy have shorter, easier labors with fewer complications. They enjoy less swelling, less constipation, better posture, decreased [...]
A friend once suggested that I reconsider using the prefix “ex” to describe my son’s father and it changed my life. Currently, I’ve changed my language from using “ex-husband” to “my son’s dad” or more regularly: “my coparent”. These words have radically altered the way I feel energetically and emotionally towards somebody I am [...]
Tonight I return to Austin after a harrowingly busy and obnoxiously emotional two and a half day trip to the valley I call home. I spent time with my original Super Crew; the women who embraced me as a new mom in a new town and helped me forge my post-motherhood identity; the one that [...]
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 12:26 As you've seen this weekend with millions of women marching all over the country, women are putting up with being second class no longer. We're tired of basing our self-worth off of our beauty; thereby sinking every professional, financial, and emotional resource into [...]
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating." This quote is taken from one of my favorite century-year old short stories, The Gift of The Magi by O. Henry. The story [spoiler alert] takes place in in the early 20th century and involves a woman selling her most prized possession, [...]
Theodore Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. Is it also the gateway drug to eating disorders? Have you ever heard of a placebo effect? It's when somebody experiences the effects of a medicine or treatment that they don't actually receive. For instance, if you take water pills but think it's a special [...]
