Posts by Kristine Carey
Identifying Our Ideal Ingredients for Work & Life
As we ease into the lazy days of summer, my mind is turning to what really needs to be present in our lives for us to feel satisfied. Identifying the ideal ingredients for work and life isn’t something you may think about often, yet the impact on your productivity, the flow of your days,…
Read MoreThe Steps in the Hero’s Journey
You’re on a Hero’s Journey. That’s your larger why, your purpose, your quest. There are a few keys that will guarantee a successful journey — like knowing where you are on the map. This allows you to track the best path forward to your next steps in the hero’s journey. As you read…
Read MoreA Brief Introduction to the Hero’s Journey
When you started your business, you may not have realized you were on a hero’s journey; I know I didn’t. Thinking of working for yourself this way makes a lot of sense: your business and clients call you forth, challenges and fears threaten to drag you back, and ultimately you triumph over the nay-sayers (even…
Read MoreTaking Care of the Nuts and Bolts of Small Business
If you’re like me, taking care of the nuts and bolts of small business can feel like work sometimes… which makes it not so fun to do. What’s that you say, the cat needs a bath? Sounds good if it’ll get me out of doing this stuff! There’s a certain amount of nutsy-boltsy…
Read MoreReinventing Your Business Foundation
When I first started my business fresh out of coaching school, I hired a coach who was known for helping people grow their businesses. I’d been coaching on the side for a few years, had just quit my day job, and needed to figure out how being in business for myself worked. In…
Read MoreReinventing Your Year
The beginning of the year always feels like a precious time to me: quiet, still, hopeful, ripe with possibilities. The perfect time to pause, notice, and create. Pause… to reflect on the you of now, who you’re being, what you’re doing. Notice… how much you’re enjoying your life and work. Create… the life and…
Read MoreReinventing Finishing Well
This year, however you normally approach the end of the year, consider doing the opposite. If you usually bust a move to get everything done, do less. If you normally take it easy, take on a project. There’s only one rule: you must be kind to yourself. No pushing. No forcing. No have…
Read MoreWhat Do Challenges Mean to You? [+ Video]
What do challenges mean to you? While I find challenges, well, challenging, I also think of them as a calling forth, and evidence that I’m up to something. What challenges are you facing right now, and how can you see them as a good sign? Liked this video? Here are three articles on…
Read MoreFacing Challenges Keeps You Feeling Alive!
You know that thing that happens when you get a great idea, and then not too long afterwards it starts feeling challenging to pursue? Of course you do. You’re the kind of person who does things in the world, which means that you’ve experienced this at least once. This is the good news: having…
Read MoreIs It Time to Reinvent Yourself?
Let’s talk about you for a minute. Do you have a strong sense of who you are, feel like you know yourself? Does it seem like there’s a new version of you wanting to emerge? Are you curious about trying on a new identity, or shifting some aspect of your life? If so, it may be…
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