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The Stoics were onto something...

They divided life into two zones:🌱 Zone 1 — What we can control: our thoughts, actions, and responses.🌪️ Zone 2 — Everything else: other people’s choices, opinions, and the outcome of events.So many of us spend energy in Zone 2, trying to influence things that ...
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“I’m just such a people pleaser.”  Ever heard yourself say that?Usually, it’s said as though it’s a flaw that you should’ve grown out of. But let’s pause for a moment. What if we reframed it? People who “please” are often:✔️ Empathetic✔️ Emoti...
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Are you responding to something real… or something imagined? 

The mind is creative and tricky! And so is your memory. Each time we recall an event, we subtly alter it, adding new details, leaving others out, and filtering it through our current emotions and beliefs (and the reactions of others). Over time, the “truth” of what actua...
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I’ve reminded myself of this quote over the years believing that I was quoting someone, but not entirely sure who it was. In fact checking for this post I find that it was widely attributed, wrongly, to Teddy Roosevelt, but actually came from Ray Cummings in 2003. Regardle...
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Health Coaching is a partnership that helps you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be in your health/life journey. It’s not about setting one-off goals —it’s about sustainable lifestyle change, accountability, and support tailored specifically t...
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