Journaling can change your life. Yes, we said that. It changed ours! In life we often have a hard time expressing all emotions and feelings. Especially, the hard ones like anger, rage, sadness, vulnerability, weaknesses and self doubt. Those are hard for us and those are hard for women in general. We are the care …
So we were recently talking about saying thank you. We each recounted stories about receiving a compliment or positive feedback. Instead of saying thank you and accepting the compliment we would explain away the compliment, dodge the positive feedback or downplay it. Does anyone else find themselves doing this too? Here is an example, you …
Too many times in life it feels like someone has more, is more successful, doing better, happier. Instead of being genuinely happy for them we often feel bad about ourselves. We ask ourselves why aren’t I doing that? Why aren’t I happy like them? Why don’t I have what they have? We want to turn …
Friendship Take a minute to think about all of YOUR current friendships. Now think about which of those friendships are positive and encouraging. We do a friendship activity with our girls in class in the form of a fun quiz. We ask the girls to think about all of their friendships and then write down …
Resilience is a cornerstone of our program. We know that life can be difficult. There are bumps in the road and as much as we would love nothing more than to put our kids in a bubble and protect them from any kind of pain, that’s not possible. Resilience is the ability to overcome difficulties. …
Attitude of Gratitude Let’s practice an Attitude of Gratitude. Gratitude is such an important practice for us and we are so excited to share it with you! It costs nothing yet makes such a BIG difference in our lives. Studies have shown that it can increase happiness, lead to better physical health, better sleep, encourage …
Just say No. Ok this is a hard one for us. We find it easier to say yes, go with the flow and not rock the boat. As women, often times we are taught just that. Smile, agree and don’t make too much noise. What we have found is this type of behavior is stressful …
Lets talk about GOALS. When we are younger, goals and achievement seemed easier to quantify, right? You get a grade in school, you make a sports team, etc. You are constantly receiving feedback positive and negative when you are younger. You can use that feedback to grow and track your progress. As we get older …
Did you know that each of us has approximately 6,000 thoughts a day? You read that right 6,000 thoughts A DAY. That line of thinking got us thinking about positive thinking. The power of positivity and thinking happy thoughts is a real scientifically proven theory. So how do we try this positive thinking you ask, …
