Do you focus on the gains or the gaps?

When is enough, enough? Turns out, if you’re a talented, high-performing and ambitious individual, enough is never enough. In his book, The Gap and the Gain: Building your progress and…

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Haters Gonna Hate (And Why You Need Them To)

“You need to think about who you are…” she said. Her words caught me off guard. Admittedly I had felt a little lost over the last year between matters of…

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I’m still not “there”…and that’s OK

This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and I took a moment today to think about my journey over the last 15 years. It’s incredible easy to be hyper…

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The Kind of Compliment That Matters

I recently posted this picture in my Instagram story: Over the last six months, I’ve been working on cultivating radical self-acceptance, the kind that accepts and loves me no matter…

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Are You Stuck in the Middle?

  It’s no accident that Dante began The Inferno, his allegorical journey through Hell, “Midway upon the journey of life / I found myself within a forest dark”.   In…

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Get Addicted (to progress)

  Quick question.   Can you name 3 things that didn’t go well today?   ________________________________   ________________________________   ________________________________     If you’re like me, you’re probably like, …wait…

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Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life

  Tell me if this has ever happened to you: For the millionth time, you’re mulling over something troublesome – maybe it’s a belief you’ve had that’s turned out to…

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Big Dreams & Shit Sandwiches

  Over the last two weeks, I’ve made huge strides and I’ve also scraped the bottom of the barrel. I’ve realized some really big dreams and I’ve also had to…

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Shake Off the “No”

    I was riding on the NYC Subway with a close friend this past weekend. In between doors opening and closing and stops being announced, I told her that…

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What’s Your WHY?

  “Words may inspire you but only action creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident–we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives…

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