How Mandy Tadych became the executive producer of a very successful lifestyle TV show
How do you become THE executive producer of a very successful lifestyle show? Well, today I have a guest who tells us exactly the path she took to create a job of her dreams. Mandy Tadych is one of the most fascinating women I know and she happens to the Executive producer for Twin Cities Live
Emily Vavra: God, Network Marketing And Personal Development
Emily Vavra: God, Network Marketing And Personal Development Heart to heart interview with one of my dearest friendsYes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. I have always been attracted to people who chart their own course. It’s...
How one couple Num Pulo (jumps) from city to city: fairytale + business story (Video)
How one couple jumps from city to city: fairytale + business story Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello beautiful people, did I recently tell you how much I love you being here? I am so inspired and motivated by your emails and...
What happens when you believe in someone (Video)
What happens when you believe in someone Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello friends, Believing in someone is the greatest gift you can ever give them. I see this with my clients constantly, because I believe in them more than...
Advice I would give to my 15 year old self (Video)
Advice I would give to my 15 year old self Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello beautiful people and happy New Year! May this be a year you feel full and at peace - my two favorite things in life. I have been reflecting a ton on...
My Evening Routine (No Make Up And In Comfy Yoga Clothes) (Video)
My evening routine Small daily habits can change your entire life. When I follow my morning and evening routines, life is better. It's as simple as that. Routines are intimate, they are solely yours and they have to work for you. I think they give us structure and...
What do YOU do with an idea? (Video)
What do YOU do with an idea? Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. What do YOU do with an idea? I mean, really? Well, if you are like most people, you get excited about it and quickly abandon it as something impossible or out of reach...
What If Stress Can Be Our Friend?
What if stress can be our friend? Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello my friends, Do you ever get upset with yourself about being stressed out? Or worry about it? Talk about adding to your plate. Well, research shows that just...
How To Find Purpose Through Employment (Video)
How to find purpose through employment Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello my friends, One of the most delightful things in my life is reconnecting with people I used to spend time with and learning about what they are up to. One...
It Took Her 5 Years To Start A Farm But She Did It – Here’s How! (Video)
It Took Her 5 Years To Start A Farm But She Did It Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Hello my friends, my beautiful souls, my companions on this journey. I am tearing up writing this because today I share a video interview that means...
Going through dark nights of the soul
Going through dark nights of the soul We all have dark nights of the soul. Thank you Glennon Doyle Melton for teaching me a few things. If you haven’t read her book, Love Warrior, I highly recommend you do. It pulled me in like Eat Pray Love did years ago and this...
I Can’t Believe I Said It But I Wish We Had Less Choice
I can't believe I said it Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. I come from very little and from a home where choice is not exactly a word we used often. I had much less than I do today. Owning only one pair of jeans at a time, and we...
One great breakthrough in my life: working out and actually enjoying it
One great breakthrough in my life Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. Today I want to talk about one great breakthrough in my life, working out and actually enjoying it. I am a very forward thinking person so I don't spend too much...
How to sell in an authentic way
How to sell in an authentic way Yes you can, but you have to start by taking small action every day. One of the most common questions I get from my clients who are either starting a business or trying to grow one is this: "How do you sell yourself in a very authentic...
How one woman changed thrifting: Michelle Raven
How one woman changed thrifting: Interview with Michelle Raven MICHELLE RAVEN Founder of personal shopping service at Arc's Value Village I am becoming slightly obsessed with finding men and women among us who created something despite fears, objections, or...
What Levi’s Jeans taught me about simplicity (Video)
Hello beautiful people, today I want to talk about what Levi's Jeans taught me about simplicity in life. I want to take you back to post-war Bosnia and tell you about a pair of jeans that I worked very hard for. This is something I keep coming back to over and over...
Giving up on your dreams – biggest pitfall of all (Video)
Hello beautiful people, today I want to talk about why giving up on your dreams will be your biggest pitfall of all. I often feel like an archeologist and detective when working with people, by uncovering hidden truths and things we hope folks will not notice about...
One thing that may be making you feel stupid and killing your confidence (Video)
Hello beautiful people, today I want to talk about the one thing that may be making you feel stupid and killing your confidence. I really believe that there is something that we are all good at (yes, that includes you!). One thing that you can do and feel good and...
Theory behind change and how it can help you follow through (Video)
Hello beautiful people, today I want to talk about the theory behind change and how it can help you follow through in life. One of the most fascinating things I notice when working with people is that no matter what it is we are dealing with, when we are explained the...
Here’s what to do when nothing is going right and you need to press the reset button (Video)
Every day is a fairy tale, right? While we may fantasize that that may be the case, it is found that most of us experience days and periods when nothing seems to be going right and we want to press the reset button. This is only natural folks and we will all have a...
How to boost confidence with this one tip (Video)
Hello beautiful people! Today I want to talk briefly about confidence. People often ask me where I get my confidence from and how they can gain confidence too. For me, it seems so simple, but I know it is not very simple. I was not always as confident in myself as I...
Are you a unicorn: creative but misunderstood? (Video)
Hello beautiful people! Are you a unicorn: creative but misunderstood? I want to talk to you about what that means but first... I keep talking about spring and Minnesota is still gracing us with snow madness, but I really am ready for sunshine and long walks. It is...
How our emotional state is dependent on our thoughts and actions today (Video)
Hello beautiful people, today I will discuss how our emotional state is dependent on our thoughts and actions today. I have been busy with spring walks, and loads of new content, as well as my two little sons. They continue to make me realize how much I still have yet...
Stuck because of too many choices? Simple tip to help you now! (Video)
Hello beautiful people! Have you ever found yourself completely overwhelmed by too many choices? No matter what you need or are looking for there is at least 10 different choices. Unfortunately, these choices can leave many of us paralyzed and we end up doing nothing...
What does it mean to be perfect? (Video)
Hello beautiful people! What does it mean to be perfect? That is what I want to talk to you all about but first... I love doing these videos for you all and I love sharing them. It's been a few weeks since we connected and I am baaaaaack! I have been busy with my...
Case against following your passion or smart way of finding it? (Video)
Follow your passion, follow your passion, follow your passion…….hearing that can be infuriating if you feel completely stuck and are not one of those people who has always known what to do. Years ago, I remember thinking: "I could do anything if I knew what it was." I...
Should you borrow money for personal development? (Video)
Hello my beautiful friends and happy 2016. Today I was to talk about when to borrow money, but first I spent the last two weeks of 2015 decluttering, cleaning, journaling, reflecting, sleeping, resting, and letting go of old beliefs that held me hostage in 2015 (yes,...
Do you prefer structure and following lead or must you do their own thing? Are you a solopreneur or a 9-5er? (Video)
Hello friends! Everyone wants to be their own boss, right? Wrong! I meet people daily who absolutely love and need the confines of a job or an office to be happy. Some people like the structure and following lead and some people must do their own thing. Do you know...
Losing friends and how that might be a good thing (Video)
Hello friends today I will be talking about losing friends and how it may be a good thing, but first... If you are following me on FB and Instagram (you totally should, here and here), then you know that my new video production went up in flames after we rented out a...
How to be understood by others (Video)
Hello friends! Let me ask you a question: do you yearn to be understood by others? What does that even mean to you? Do you understand yourself? Today I am addressing something that comes up in my work over and over again and I wanted to share my perspective on how to...
Counterintuitive way to deal with difficult people in your life
Hello beautiful friends, today I will talk about a counterintuitive way to deal with difficult people in your life, but first... Tomorrow is my favorite holiday: a day specifically dedicated to being thankful, isn't that amazing? While research shows that gratitude...
How to get anything you want with this one simple trick
Hello friends, do you want to know my one simple trick that is proven to get you anything you want? but first... I am busy preparing some very exciting things for all of you in the new year. As I do this work, I am reminded how beautiful it is to be of service and...
Is there one Universal truth?
Hello friends!This week I share my perspective on this question of Universal truth. I believe very strongly in many things and I have many personal truths, some rooted in faith and some rooted in things of this world. I am not talking about specific religions - I am...
The importance of doing what you love
Hello my beautiful friends, Today, I talk about the importance of doing what you love. Years ago, I found myself saying: If I just knew what I was supposed to do, I know I would be good at it. Do you relate? Now, you know me - no BS here and no magic pills. It wasn't...
Why being vulnerable is the greatest gift you can give to yourself and others
We are taught to present a version of ourselves that is flattering, but if we present a version of ourselves that is vulnerable that can be our best version
One simple trick to supercharging your spirituality and productivity
Hello everyone, Hope life is treating you well and hope that you are enjoying the calm that post summer season brings. This is a great opportunity to go within and ask yourself the questions you didn't want to ask before. It is also a great time for new...
How to turn misfortune into a blessing
I want to share with you some of my tips on how to turn misfortune into a blessing, an opportunity to grow, learn and turn into something good. No matter who you are, where you are and what you do - you will run into some kind of misfortune. It may affect you directly...
Why I am grateful for living in a refugee camp
Today, I want to talk about why I am grateful for living in a refugee camp and to share a personal story in hope that it will inspire and help you put things into perspective. I try very hard not to watch the news, however, the refugee crisis in Europe is so talked...
The veil of distraction and being human
Today I want to discuss what it means to be human and the veil of distraction that comes with that. By Jason Skirry, Philosophical Living We live in a distracted world. We are constantly being bombarded by advertisements on TV, in taxicabs, buses, on billboards, and...
Brad Pitt the philosopher
Today I want to talk about a non traditional philosopher but an important philosopher, Brad Pitt. Do you ever feel paralyzed with too many choices or not sure which one is the right one? If you are like most people, the to do list grows longer and longer but there...
I wish I had pursued my dream: How can we live without regret?
How do we live without regret? I wish I had pursued my dream. I wish I lived a different life. I wish I never got married. I hate that I didn’t do enough with my life. Do you know how many people think this way? Apparently, many. I read these and other confessions,...
Do you wish you had less choice?
First time I went shopping in the United States, I was a college student and I wanted cereal. I walked into the biggest grocery store I have ever seen in my life (back home, only soccer stadiums were that big). I was used to having so much less choice in cereal to see...
What matters most at the end of the day: Things that create meaning in our lives
Today I want to talk about what matters most at the end of the day, which for me is things that create meaning in my life. Last few weeks have been challenging on a personal level: bad news all around me with loved ones experiencing loss or illness. It brought...
My treasure box
Today I want to talk about what is in my treasure box and how it helps me reflect and reconnect with my authentic self. I am often asked how I inspire myself when I have “blah” days and I thought I would share that with all of you. Let’s be honest: everyone has days...
Golden Handcuffs
Today I am going to talk about what it means to be in a Golden Handcuff. What are Golden Handcuffs? Did you ever stay at the job because of the benefits even though you didn’t like the job? If so, you are not alone. Last year, I met with a professional woman who was...
Don’t let circumstances decide when you want to do something about your life
Today I want to tell you all to not let circumstances decide when you want to do something about your life. So, I had a huge “oh crap” moment after I published my last post. I felt inspired and truly wanted to share my joys and struggles with you all and then I woke...
Can you have roots and wings at the same time?
My guilty pleasure is watching the show Nashville. I am not exactly a country girl but that show just makes me very happy because the music is so beautiful and I appreciate the writing very much. Few weeks ago, they did a song called Roots and Wings (you can check it...
How to stay motivated
Today I want to talk to you all about how I stay motivated. I often see myself, my friends and my clients get very excited about an idea or an opportunity we want to pursue. We feel the excitement and have the energy to go after it. Then, few days or weeks later –...
How I coach myself into peak performance
The birth of this website and my coaching life came after a series of life defeating moments, struggle with infertility most notably. I found myself with all the things I thought I wanted (career, a title, money, material possessions, cool parties, exotic travel) and...
Stay Crazy by Kristin Sweetman
One of the most rewarding things in my job is to see my clients transform and change their lives, especially since I know that the path to living your purpose is not always an easy one. Today, I invited Kristin Sweetman to share her journey with all of us. ...
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